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AstraZeneca vaccine approval expected

AstraZeneca vaccine approval expected

Vaccine would be for ’emergency use’

A nurse displays a vial of AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD vaccine during the coronavirus disease vaccination campaign at a medical centre in Mumbai on Saturday. (Reuters photo)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to approve the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine this week for emergency use.

Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Ministry of Public Health’s Disease Control Department (DCD), said on Monday the FDA was examining documents submitted to it to prove the efficacy and safety of “a Covid-19 vaccine”.

Dr Surachoke Tangwiwat, deputy secretary-general of the FDA, later confirmed it was the vaccine produced by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, a…

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