Coronavirus vaccine could be ready in September, Oxford University
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 28-04-2020
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"More than 28 days later, all six were healthy, said Vincent Munster, the researcher who conducted the test [in the United States]," The New York Times reported. Yet the University of Oxford research team has been quick to stress that the timeline is "highly ambitious" and could change. Still, a further 22.5 million pound has been pumped into another UK project involving Imperial College in London, which has been conducting research into SARS-CoV-2 since February.
"This investment will help us accelerate our clinical program, moving from starting human safety trials in June through to testing whether the vaccine can prevent infection in the wider community," Robin Shattock, of the London Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College, said.
"We are working as fast as we can to determine the vaccine's efficacy and to get to a position where millions or billions of the vaccine can be manufactured rapidly," he added.