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UK set to clear Astra shot; Novavax starts late-stage trial in US

Lockdowns in UK could ease in weeks with introduction of another vaccine

Coronavirus, vaccine, covid, drugs, clinical trials
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The country’s health service would no longer be at risk of being overwhelmed by virus cases.

Agencies
The UK is poised to approve the Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, giving the country another powerful tool to fight the pandemic as concern mounts over rising infections.
 
UK’s drug regulator could clear the shot for use as early as this week, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified.
 
The go-ahead would come about three weeks after the UK became the first western country to begin vaccinations.  Lockdowns in the UK could be eased at the end of February as the imminent approval of a Covid-19