TOP NEWS SUMMARY: Doubts Raised Over AstraZeneca Virus Jab
TOP NEWS SUMMARY: Doubts Raised Over AstraZeneca Virus Jab

TOP NEWS SUMMARY: Doubts Raised Over AstraZeneca Virus Jab
PARIS, Feb 8 - French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Monday that he continued to support the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, arguing it provided sufficient protection against "nearly all the variants" of the virus.Veran was shown on French te...
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LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - There is still some hope that the AstraZeneca and Oxford COVID-19 vaccine will prevent severe disease from the South African variant of coronavirus, according to the professor who found it had limited impact on mild dise...
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(Adds details)LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - There is no evidence that the Astrazeneca vaccine does not prevent death or serious illness, and South Africa has only imposed a temporary halt on using the vaccine, a British junior health minister said on ...
* South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold* Study: shot gives minimal protection against mild infection* Britain says Astra shot stops death and severe illness* Concerns rise over vaccine protection (Recasts with South African variant, ch...
* South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold* Study: shot gives minimal protection against mild infection* Britain says Astra shot stops death and severe illness* Concerns rise over longer fight against virus (Recasts headline and lead)By G...
* South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold* Study: shot gives minimal protection against mild infection* Britain says Astra shot stops death and severe illness* Concerns rise over longer fight against virus (Adds details of study)By Guy F...
* South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold* Study: shot gives minimal protection against mild infection* Britain says Astra shot stops death and severe illness* Concerns rise over longer fight against virus (Adds AstraZeneca and geography...
* South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold* Study: shot gives minimal protection against mild infection* Britain, France, Germany, Australia voice support for shot* Concerns rise over longer fight against virus (Updates with governments v...
* South Africa could inoculate 100,000 initially* Country put AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold* Britain, France, Germany, Australia voice support for shot (Recasts with comments from South African medical adviser)By John RevillGENEVA, Feb 8 (Reuters...
* South Africa could inoculate 100,000 initially* Country put AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold* Britain, France, Germany, Australia voice support for shot (Adds South African lead investigator)By John RevillGENEVA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Health officials...