UK health secretary to urge flu shot model for COVID-19 at G-7

Nations should seek shared trial standards to speed variant vaccines, Hancock says

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British Health Secretary Matt Hancock will propose a common international standard for coronavirus clinical trials during next week's Group of Seven ministers meeting. © Reuters

YUSUKE NAKAJIMA, Nikkei staff writer

LONDON -- The development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments should emulate the shared international framework created for flu shots to ensure timely rollouts against virus variants, Britain's health secretary told Nikkei in a recent interview.

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