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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the first country to approve Covid-19 vaccine of Oxford-AstraZeneca?
A
USA
B
England
C
India
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The UK became the first country in the world to approve the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine a year ago today (Thursday 30 December).

Detailed explanation-2: -Details. On 24 June 2021, the MHRA issued a Conditional Marketing Authorisation ( CMA ) for COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca in Great Britain (GB).

Detailed explanation-3: -Developed in the United Kingdom by Oxford University and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca, using as a vector the modified chimpanzee adenovirus ChAdOx1. The vaccine is given by intramuscular injection.

Detailed explanation-4: -The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older.

Detailed explanation-5: -’We started developing this method and the network to deliver it from February 2020, and AstraZeneca kept expanding that network from May 2020. The reason why this vaccine has saved so many lives can be found in the dozens of locations it was made and its use in more countries than any other. ‘

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