COVID-19

Oxford coronavirus vaccine results 'very encouraging' as it produces immune response

Oxford University’s vaccine against coronavirus is safe and produces an immune response, the first human results have shown.

Initial trials on 1,077 British adults found that the vaccine induced strong antibody and T-cell responses, which may improve further after a booster jab, as reported by the Telegraph.

There were found to be no serious adverse events, and minor side effects could be controlled by paracetamol, two papers in The Lancet reported.

The Oxford team has been one of several dozen around the world working on a vaccine since January, when the Chinese first released a DNA sequence of coronavirus.

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