Hopes a coronavirus cure could be on the horizon were raised today after a vaccine developed in Britain showed promising signs in trials on monkeys. The promising results come as human trials of the Oxford University vaccine are already underway, with results expected within a months' time. A coronavirus vaccine developed in Britain has showed promising signs in trials on monkeys. Researchers from Oxford University, started human trials last month, while a separate team from Imperial College London are due to start testing the jabs on humans in June. The Oxford vaccine, known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 will be trialled on up to 510 people out of a group of 1,112, all of whom will be aged 18 to 55.

Source: Daily Mail May 15, 2020 10:10 UTC