Hopes rise of a Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough as TWO trials in the UK and US show volunteers injected with experimental jabs have signs of immunity against the disease

  • UK scientists are ’80 per cent’ confident that a jab could be ready by September
  • Trials finding that participants develop antibodies and killer T-cells to fight it
  • People in the Oxford study with AstraZeneca are showing signs of immunity
  • And early trials of US-made vaccine by the firm Moderna have been successful
  • Mild side effects are ‘a small price to pay’ for protection from Covid, experts say

By MARTIN ROBINSON, CHIEF REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE and SAM BLANCHARD SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE

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Hopes for a working Covid-19 vaccine are growing as two projects in the UK and US have reported promising results in their early experiments.

Teams from Oxford University and the American pharmaceutical company Moderna have both revealed people in their studies are showing signs of immunity.

Each has been working on separate experimental jabs for months to try to protect millions of people from catching the coronavirus in future.

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This article was originally published on MailOnline.

 

 

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