Decision to reject vaccine ‘is between AstraZeneca and Swiss authorities’

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Switzerland’s decision not to authorise use of the University of Oxford’s Covid-19 jab is between the country’s medical regulator and AstraZeneca, a leading vaccine expert has said.

Professor Matthew Snape, an associate professor in paediatrics and vaccinology at the University of Oxford, said the vaccine has been licensed in many countries around the world and given to millions of people.