Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has good safety record and efficacy – study

A study has found the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has a good safety record and efficacy (John Cairns/University of Oxford/PA)

Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine “has a good safety record and efficacy” and could help control the pandemic, a scientist leading the study has said, as phase three data was published.

Interim results from pooled studies show the vaccine was 70.4% effective, on average, in preventing coronavirus after two doses were given.