A CORONAVIRUS vaccine won’t be ready in time for the second wave, the Government’s leading life sciences adviser has warned. Sir John Bell, 68, who sits on the UK’s vaccine taskforce and is also Ox…
A CORONAVIRUS vaccine won’t be ready in time for the second wave, the Government’s leading life sciences adviser has warned.
The comments come after Oxford University restarted its key clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine - after it was halted when a volunteer suffered a suspected serious adverse reaction. By last week, around 30,000 people in the UK, the US, Brazil and South Africa had taken part, in a tie-up with pharma giant AstraZeneca.But Sir John toldHealth Secretary Matt Hancock told LBC last week that AstraZeneca had already started to produce doses of the vaccine.Sir John warned: “We’re probably right at the front end of the second wave now, but a vaccine might arrive towards the end of the second wave".
No unexpected adverse reactions were recorded prior to Tuesday, although more than half of 1,000 participants reported mild or moderate side effects including headaches and muscle pain.
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