Oxford scientists poised to update vaccine rapidly ‘if necessary’

Oxford academics are poised to tweak the Covid vaccine should it be needed (PA)

The University of Oxford has said that it can “rapidly” update its Covid-19 vaccine “if it should be necessary” amid rising concerns about the Omicron variant.

Academics at the university, who pioneered the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca, said that if the jab needed to be tweaked then the “necessary tools and processes” are in place.