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UK: New study vindicates delaying 2nd virus vaccine dose

by Jill LawlessDanica Kirka
| February 3, 2021 2:12 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health chief said Wednesday that a new study suggesting that a single dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine provides a high level of protection for 12 weeks supports the government’s strategy of delaying the second shot so more people can quickly be protected by the first dose.

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