Human coronavirus vaccine trials to start this week in the UK
The UK Health Ministry has announced plans to start human trials of a coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, the local source s reported.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday the COVID-19 vaccine was being developed by scientists at Oxford University and a separate team at Imperial College in London.
"Both of these promising projects are making rapid progress, and I've told the scientists leading them that we'll do everything in our power to support," Mr Hancock said during Downing Street's daily press conference.
The Health Minister said he had freed up an extra 20 million pounds ($39 million) of funding to both projects, and the Oxford group, led by Professor Sarah Gilbert, would begin testing the vaccine in humans this week, with production potentially starting before the trial was complete.