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Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine shows an average 70% effectiveness in preventing the virus – CNBC
AstraZeneca on Monday said an interim analysis of clinical trials showed its coronavirus vaccine has an average efficacy of 70% in protecting against the virus.
LONDON British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Monday said an interim analysis of clinical trials showed its coronavirus vaccine has an average efficacy of 70% in protecting against the virus.
It comes after a string of encouraging vaccine results in recent weeks, following late-stage trial readouts from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
Both Pfizer and Moderna reported preliminary results last week showing that their respective Covid vaccines were around 95% effective.
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