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Coronavirus Vaccine: Here's how people reacted to getting vaccinated against COVID-19

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: July 23, 2020 19:35 IST

The number of coronavirus cases continue to rise across the world. According to news reports a vaccine candidate developed ...

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The number of coronavirus cases continue to rise across the world. According to news reports a vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca has shown satisfactory progress from the vaccines test results and is furter conducting larger field tests in the United Kingdom.

According to a online survey, many voted that they will get themself injected in order to end the coronavirus pandemic. 

The UK government has already placed order for the covid-19 vaccine. It says that it has placed order for atleast 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine which is being developed by the Oxford University.

The poll titled ‘‘Would you take a vaccine to help end COVID-19 pandemic?’ conducted by Express.co.uk showed results: 

- 2,601 people or 64 percent out of 4,046 voted they would take a vaccine.

- 1,296 or 32 per cent said they wouldn’t take the vaccine.

- While 149 said they were not sure whether or not to get vaccinated.

According to a report in BBC, the vaccine - called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 - is being developed at unprecedented speed. Boris Johnson said: "Obviously I'm hopeful, I've got my fingers crossed, but to say I'm 100% confident we'll get a vaccine this year, or indeed next year, is, alas, just an exaggeration."We're not there yet."

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