Prince William congratulates Oxford vaccine creators

Prince William congratulated Oxford vaccine creators

after their vaccine was found to be up to 90% effective

(SOUNDBITE) (English) DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE PRINCE WILLIAM, SAYING:

"It's an amazing achievement isn't it, it really is. Huge, huge congratulations to you all and your teams."

Courtesy: Kensington Palace

Date: November 23, 2020

(SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR OF OXFORD VACCINE GROUP, ANDREW POLLARD, SAYING:

"I think it's a really exciting result. I mean we've got an overall 70% protection against the virus but we had no one who was vaccinated went into hospital or had severe disease, which I think, you know, is going to translate into preventing this clogging up of the NHS that we've seen. And then there's this really intriguing result in the data where we gave a half dose to some people for their first dose and then a full dose and protection rises to 90% in that group."

(SOUNDBITE) (English) DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE PRINCE WILLIAM, SAYING:

"Well done, I'm so pleased for all of you guys, I really am. I saw it in everyone's faces back in June how much time and effort was going into this."

(SOUNDBITE) (English) OXFORD COVID-19 VACCINE DEVELOPER, SARAH GILBERT, SAYING:

"This vaccine should do what we wanted it to do. We wanted a vaccine for the world, not just for high-income countries, not just for this country."