How vaccines changed the course of the pandemic
Margaret Keenan receiving the first approved vaccine outside of a clinical trial on 8 December last yearThe recipient was 91-year-oldSince then nearly 120 million jabs have been given in the UK, and more than eight billion across the world. Those vaccinations have changed the course of the pandemic.The approval of the Pfizer jab was quickly followed by the green light for the vaccine produced by AstraZeneca.
They estimate vaccines saved 157,000 lives in England alone, and more than 470,000 across the 33 countries in Europe which were studied.They have essentially transformed a continent reliant on lockdowns to one that has cautiously started returning to normal.There are fears the new heavily mutated variant could get around some of the defences built up by the vaccines.
More than 50 countries missed the World Health Organization deadline to have 10% of their populations immunised by the end of September.
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