https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55850352 BBC Homepage * Skip to content * Accessibility Help * BBC Account * Home * News * Sport * Reel * Worklife * Travel * Future * Culture * MenuMore Search * Home * News * Sport * Reel * Worklife * Travel * Future * Culture * Music * TV * Weather * Sounds Close menu BBC News Menu * Home * Coronavirus * Video * World * US & Canada * UK * Business * Tech * Science * Stories * Entertainment & Arts More * Health * In Pictures * Reality Check * World News TV * Newsbeat * Long Reads * UK * England * N. Ireland * Scotland * Wales * Local News Covid-19: Novavax vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials Published 7 minutes ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics * Coronavirus pandemic Novavaximage copyrightReuters A new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective against Covid-19 in large-scale UK trials. The Novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against the new variant of the virus discovered in the UK, the BBC's medical editor Fergus Walsh said. The PM welcomed the "good news" and said the UK's medicines regulator would now assess the vaccine. The UK has secured 60 million doses of the jab, which will be made in Stockton-on-Tees. The doses are expected to be delivered in the second half of this year, if approved for use by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the government said. * UK experts back AstraZeneca jab after German ruling * When will I get a Covid vaccine? The Novavax jab is only the second to enter large scale trials in the UK; the other has been developed by the University of Oxford. The jab was shown to be 89.3% effective at preventing Covid-19 in participants in its Phase 3 clinical trial in the UK, which enrolled more than 15,000 people between 18-84, of which 27% were older than 65, Novavax said. The trial was conducted in conjunction with the UK government's Vaccine Taskforce with its chairman, Clive Dix hailing the "spectacular results". Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the NHS "stands ready" to roll the jab out if it is approved. He said: "This is positive news and, if approved by the medicines regulator, the Novavax vaccine will be a significant boost to our vaccination programme and another weapon in our arsenal to beat this awful virus. "I'm proud the UK is at the forefront of another medical breakthrough and I want to thank the brilliant scientists and researchers, as well as the tens of thousands of selfless volunteers who took park in clinical trials." Nadhim Zahawi, the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, added: "Having taken part in Novavax's vaccine trial myself, I am particularly thrilled to see such positive results. I want to thank the thousands of trial volunteers, without whom these results would not have been possible." 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