Sarah Gilbert, an
Oxford University professor, says a vaccine against coronavirus could be ready
by September “if everything goes perfectly.”
According to The
Times, the professor of vaccinology said she is 80 percent confident that the
vaccine being worked on by her team would be effective.
The UK government
has said it would fund the manufacture of the vaccine if it works and it would
be availaible to the public.
So far, the world
has recorded 1.7 million coronavirus cases, according to Worldometer, a website
which give real time update on the disease.
It said while
103,846 people have died from the disease while 388,934 have recovered.
The vaccinologist
explained that the lockdown in the UK has made it difficult to test a vaccine
because the virus is unable to spread.
“I think there’s a
high chance that it will work based on other things that we have done with this
type of vaccine,” she said.
“It’s not just a hunch
and as every week goes by we have more data to look at. I would go for 80
percent, that’s my personal view.
“Nobody can promise
it’s going to work. We don’t want to get to later this year and discover we
have a highly effective vaccine and we haven’t got any vaccine to use. We don’t
think we need facilities built, there are facilities that can be switched
over.”
UK Prime Minister
Boris Johnson, who is also positive for the disease, was moved out of intensive
care on Thursday. He was admitted in hospital on April 5, 2020, 10 days after
he tested positive for COVID-19.
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