The United Kingdom
has conducted the first human trial in Europe for Coronavirus vaccine.
The trial is being
conducted at a health facility in Oxford.
Two volunteers
already injected are the first set of more than 800 people recruited for the
study.
While half of the
volunteers will receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the other half will receive a
control vaccine which protects against meningitis.
However, the
volunteers will not know which vaccine they are getting; only doctors will.
“I’m a scientist, so
I wanted to try to support the scientific process wherever I can”, Elisa
Granato, one of the first volunteers told BBC.
The vaccine was
developed in under three months by a team at Oxford University.
Team leader, Sarah
Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at the Jenner Institute, said: “I have a high
degree of confidence in this vaccine of course. We have to test it and get data
from humans.
“We have to
demonstrate it actually works and stops people getting infected with
Coronavirus before using the vaccine in the wider population.”
The UK has recorded
138,000 Coronavirus cases and more than 18,000 deaths.
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