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US officials question AstraZeneca data

US officials say more data needed on the vaccine's effectiveness but not its safety.

US authorities will review the AstraZeneca vaccine and not rely solely on data provided by the company. Professor Jason Schwartz says it's likely to be a very good vaccine, but information published by AstraZeneca about its efficacy may have contained outdated information.

Also in the programme: Exit polls show Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party leading in Israel elections and could a new discovery challenge the long established theories of physics?

(Picture: A doctor vaccinates a client with AstraZeneca"s Covid-19 vaccine. Credit: EPA/Piroschka van de Wouw)

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