Reports of adverse reaction to Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

There are reports the Oxford vaccine has been put on hold after a participant in a UK trial suffered an adverse reaction.

Dr Coatsworth told Today the reported adverse reaction in trials did "not mean that the Oxford vaccine is dead".Dr Coatsworth said it showed the Oxford vaccine developers were following rigorous safety procedures in reporting the incident. "The focus on safety is exactly the same and I'm actually taking a lot of reassurance out of these early breaking stories this morning," he said.

The Federal Government has signed a contract with pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca to buy 25 million doses of the vaccine.

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Coalition ‘lied’ about COVID-19 vaccine deal: Chris Bowen | Sky News AustraliaShadow Health Minister Chris Bowen says a $1.7 billion supply and production agreement between the Australian government and pharmaceutical companies for two promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates is the Coalition doing what it “lied” about weeks ago. \n\n“It’s basically the government doing today what they lied about three weeks ago when they said they had a deal when they didn’t,” Mr Bowen told Sky News.\n\nUnder the agreement, the University of Oxford\u002FAstraZeneca and the University of Queensland\u002FCSL will provide more than 84.8 million vaccine doses for Australians, who would receive access to the jab for free.\n\nThey would almost entirely be manufactured in Melbourne, with early access to 3.8 million doses of the University of Oxford vaccine in January and February 2021.\n\n “It would be prudent to have other measures in place as well,” Mr Bowen said. \n\n“We do know that vaccines have a 96 per cent failure rate from beginning to end – that means the vast majority of those vaccines under development around the world will fail but some will work.\n\n“We have to maximise our chances of having access to those who do.\n\n“There are others, though, that are also well advanced, and it would be prudent for the government to be pursuing those options as well. \n\n“If they don’t work out, that would not be something that the government would be criticised for.”\n\nMr Bowen said the US has six vaccine deals in place while the UK has five.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n Bowenchris Why would we need a vaccine when we can get lasting T-cell immunity and herd immunity at the cost of a per-capita death rate (for the entire season) less than a bad flu year? Sweden: Bowenchris Perhaps Bowenchris has an instant solution for Victoria too then. He seems to believe he can do a better job. Bowenchris Squab Bowen, has Pigeon AlboMP sent you out to do a bit of pecking about.
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