UK to Deploy AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Starting Next Month on the 4th

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] The UK government announced plans to begin distributing the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford starting January 4 next year.

According to the British daily newspaper The Telegraph on the 26th (local time), the UK government has set a plan to administer the first dose of either the AstraZeneca vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine to 2 million people within two weeks as part of a large-scale vaccine distribution program.

The Telegraph reported that if the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine within a few days, large-scale vaccination centers will be set up in sports stadiums or conference halls by the second week of next month.

The AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to be easier to manage and distribute compared to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which requires storage at ultra-low temperatures.

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