New tests in the United States, Chile and Peru show that the Astra Zeneca and Oxford University vaccine against COVID-19 is 79 percent effective in preventing symptomatic disease, BTA reported.
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–In addition, the vaccine is 100% effective in preventing serious illness and hospitalizations, AstraZeneca and Oxford University said after announcing the results of new vaccine tests involving more than 32,000 volunteers of all ages. .
The results of the new tests will help boost confidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine, as many European countries have stopped administering doses because of signals of blood clots.
Many of these countries have resumed use of the vaccine after the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization said the benefits outweighed the risks. New tests of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the United States, Chile and Peru show that it does not increase the risk of blood clots.
AstraZeneca stressed that the tests in the United States were conducted by an independent commission of experts. Oxford University expressed satisfaction with the results of the new tests and said the vaccine was safe and effective.
