Coronavirus patients will be trialling a potential vaccine in the UK from later on this week. UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the Government will be ploughing money into two laboratories currently developing a vaccine to the deadly bug.
More than £40 million of taxpayers money will be invested into Imperial College and the University of Oxford teams working on a cure.
One potential vaccine being developed by scientists in Oxford will be given human trials from this Thursday.A further trial at the Imperial College in London is expected to begin soon.
The Tory minister made the announcement during the UK Government’s daily briefing on its approach to Covid-19 on Tuesday. A further 828 people in the UK have died after testing positive