GENEVA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The news on Astrazeneca's
COVID-19 vaccine results is "encouraging and we look forward to
seeing the data as we do with other promising results of recent
weeks", the World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya
Swaminathan said on Monday.
In a statement to Reuters, she said: "We welcome the efforts
of Oxford/AZ to make the vaccine affordable and easy to store,
which will be good for countries and people everywhere."
AstraZeneca said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine
could be around 90% effective, giving the world's fight against
the global pandemic a new weapon, cheaper to make, easier to
distribute and faster to scale-up than rivals.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Catherine Evans)