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AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine enrolling 50,000 people

AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine enrolling 50,000 people worldwide and 30,000 in the US as company signs £15million manufacturing deal Thousands volunteers already being injected with jab in UK, Brazil, South Africa Preliminary data from phase 3 trials expected ‘soon’, said lead jab researcher  Developers say they hope to deliver the… Read More »

More Covid-19-like viruses to come, warns Oxford professor

More viruses will jump from animals to humans in future because of global travel and a growing population, warns top scientist behind Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine Professor Sarah Gilbert warned of more outbreaks of zootonic diseases in future Farming and deforestation brings animals closer to each other and to humans  International travel and growing populations make… Read More »