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LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The British government's Chief
Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said on Thursday the main
point about the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 was that it
worked, when asked about doubts that have been raised about the
vaccine.
"The headline result is the vaccine works and that's very
exciting," Vallance said during a news conference with Prime
Minister Boris Johnson.
Chief Medical Adviser Chris Whitty, answering the same
question, said there was always scientific debate about
virtually everything.
"The key thing from our point of view is to leave this in
the hands of the regulator ... They will make an assessment with
lots of data that is not currently in the public domain on
efficacy and on safety," Whitty said.
(Reporting by William James and Estelle Shirbon; editing by
Stephen Addison)
