China News Service, November 10, reported that on the 9th local time, British Prime Minister Johnson said that he welcomed the news about the effectiveness of the new crown vaccine, but "we absolutely cannot use this news as a solution."
On the same day, the British Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van Tam said that he "hoped" that the first vaccine would be available before Christmas and let the public be vaccinated.
Data map: New crown vaccine.
According to British Sky News, on November 9th, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals of the United States and BioNTech Biopharmaceuticals of Germany announced that the ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial showed that the vaccines jointly developed by them have an effective rate of 90%, and no serious problems have been found. side effect.
Johnson said that the news indicated that the "Scientific Cavalry" was on the road, but he advocated cautious optimism.
He believes that the vaccine has overcome "major obstacles", but "we still have a long way to go."
"The biggest mistake we can make now is to relax our resolve at a critical moment."
Data map: British Prime Minister Johnson.
On the other hand, Professor Jonathan Van Tam, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom, said that the news about the vaccine is a "very important scientific breakthrough" and he "hopes" that the first vaccine will be available before Christmas.
He compared the progress made in vaccine research and development to a football team's lead in a penalty shoot-out.
He said that it's like we haven't won the trophy, but this news lets us know that "the goalkeeper can be defeated."
But he also emphasized: "We saw a swallow, but this is definitely not summer."
According to the British "Guardian" report, Van Tam said that he cannot guarantee that people's lives will return to normal at Easter, but if the vaccine can be vaccinated, it will "greatly improve" the epidemic situation in the UK.
In addition, he also said that the elderly will be the first to be vaccinated.