CORONAVIRUS LATEST: • University of Oxford researchers testing experimental vaccine against novel coronavirus now aim to immunize more than 10,000 people to determine if it works. • Pandemic has killed more than 333,000 people worldwide.
5:05 a.m.: Researchers aim to vaccinate over 10,000 adults and children across UK
Scientists at the oldest university in the English-speaking world began immunizing more than 1,000 healthy adult volunteers in southern England in April with their vaccine candidate in the initial phase of a clinical trial. The University of Oxford announced on Friday that its researchers are moving into advanced studies, which would enroll up to 10,260 adults and children across the United Kingdom.
The potential vaccine is made from a virus, which is a weakened version of a common cold that causes infections in chimpanzees, that has been genetically changed so that it is impossible for it to replicate in humans. The harmless virus is used to carry the coronavirus spike protein into the body, according to the university.
Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker alongside a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken on April 10, 2020.Phase one of the human trials has been completed and follow-up is currently ongoing. The second phase will expand the age range of participants who receive the vaccine candidate to include a small number of older adults and children.
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