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Now playing Next United Kingdom AstraZeneca reveals dosing mistake in coronavirus vaccine trials A dosing error may have contributed to the "highly effective" results of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University coronavirus vaccine. 26/11/2020
Now playing Next Russia Russia says its Sputnik V vaccine is 95% effective against COVID-19 Just in: Russia says trials have shown its Sputnik V vaccine is 95% effective against COVID-19 24/11/2020
Now playing Next World News Now we must focus on distributing these COVID vaccines, says expert Dr Jeffrey Lazarus was speaking to Euronews after a third vaccine claimed to have had success at fighting COVID-19 in trials. 23/11/2020
Now playing Next Hungary Coronavirus: Hungary to test Russian COVID-19 vaccine Hungary’s foreign minister said the country is moving forward with testing on a Russian coronavirus vaccine. 23/11/2020
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Now playing Next World News Nearly 1m people given two experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccines As the race to release a viable coronavirus vaccine hots up, a Chinese pharmaceutical company claims to have inoculated nearly a million people against COVID-19 with so far still experimental vaccines. 20/11/2020
Now playing Next World News When will we get a COVID vaccine? This & other key questions answered Euronews spoke to experts about the challenges of getting a vaccine and what steps are left once one is approved. 19/11/2020
Now playing Next World News EU to sign deal for up to 160 million doses of Moderna vaccine European Commission President von der Leyen announced the “good news” saying the EU would sign a contract Wednesday for up to 160 million does of the Moderna vaccine. 17/11/2020
Now playing Next World News New coronavirus vaccine 'is 94.5% effective' at preventing COVID-19 US biotechnology company Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective. 16/11/2020
Now playing Next World News EU's first COVID-19 vaccinations 'could happen early next year' It comes after Pfizer and BioNTech said their potential vaccine had been found to be more than 90% effective. 11/11/2020
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Now playing Next United Kingdom Pfizer hopes to seek approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in mid-November NEW: Pfizer says it hopes to seek authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine in mid-November 16/10/2020