GENEVA/ZURICH: More producers of COVID-19 vaccines should follow AstraZeneca's lead and license technology to other manufacturers, the World Health Organization's head said on Monday, as he described continuing vaccine inequity as"grotesque".
"The gap between number of vaccines administered in rich countries and the number administered through COVAX is growing and becoming more grotesque every day," Tedros told a news conference. Earlier, AstraZeneca released interim data showing its vaccine, developed with Oxford University, was 79per cent effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and posed no increased risk of blood clots.WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan called it a"very good vaccine for all age groups".
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