Coronavirus vaccine ready for human testing

Coronavirus vaccine

Coronavirus vaccine ready for human testing
Coronavirus vaccine ready for human testing

Matt Hancock, Health Secretary said the government is throwing  everything at developing a coronavirus vaccine and human trials for a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford would begin on Thursday.

UK recorded another 823 coronavirus hospital deaths taking the total number to 17, 337.

Mr Hancock said two leading vaccine developments at UK universities – Imperial College London and the University of Oxford would receive a total of £42.5m to support their clinical trials. “Both these promising projects are making rapid progress and I’ve told the scientists leading them we will do everything in our power to support”.