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CNBC Television published this video item, entitled “AstraZeneca vaccine found to be 79% effective in U.S. trial” – below is their description.
The findings of a large U.S. trial have shown that the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is 79% effective in preventing symptomatic illness and 100% effective against severe disease and hospitalization. CNBC’s Meg Tirrell reports.
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