direct to your inboxThe UK is the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.On Wednesday the government accepted a recommendation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), with mass vaccination to start next week.The announcement comes just weeks after phase three clinical trials showed the vaccine was 95 per cent effective with two doses.In November, when the two companies announced the successful results from the phase three clinical trials, they said there were no serious safety concerns raised.The vaccine had been tested on 43,500 people in six countries, the report stated.Dr June Raine, head of the MHRA, said in a Downing Street briefing on Wednesday morning that no corners.
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