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UK health secretary reiterates call for global access to coronavirus vaccine
From CNN's Nada Bashir
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has reiterated the government’s call for global access to a successfully developed coronavirus vaccine, telling lawmakers in the House of Commons on Monday that the government “rejects narrow nationalism” in the race to find a vaccine.
“The UK is not just developing world leading vaccines, we’re also putting more money into the global work for a vaccine than any other country. With likeminded partners, we’re working to ensure that whoever’s vaccine is approved first, the whole world can have access,” Hancock said.
“We reject narrow nationalism. We support a global effort because this virus respects no borders and we’re all on the same side,” he added.
The health secretary’s remarks come after preliminary results from trials carried out by the University of Oxford showed that a newly developed vaccine induced a strong immunity response in patients.
“I can report to the House that the trial shows that the Oxford vaccine produces a strong immunity response in patients, in terms of both antibody production and T-cell responses, and that no safety concerns have been identified,” Hancock told members of parliament.
“This is promising news and it takes us one step closer to finding a vaccine that could potentially save lives all around the world,” he added.
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