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Huge boost for coronavirus vaccine with test monkeys infection-free four weeks on

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A coronavirus vaccine is one step closer thanks to promising results following testing on monkeys - with widespread availability to possibly come as early as September.

Six rhesus macaque monkeys were injected with a dose of the Oxford University scientists' vaccine and remain infection-free four weeks after being exposed to the virus, reports The New York Times.

This means that a new vaccine trial involving more than 6,000 participants will be started by the end of next month in an effort to show the vaccine is safe and effective.

If all goes well, the new vaccine would be granted emergency approval by authorities and lead to 'millions' of doses available by September, it is claimed.

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