Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailA coronavirus vaccine that’s taken by tablet instead of injection is about to go into human trials, a scientist has revealed. Dr Sean Tucker, chief scientific officer at Vaxart, has revealed that his company is trialling several vaccine tablets, which could be trailed in humans as early as July. “I mean, to me that doesn't seem unreasonable given the amount of money the US Government and others have provided. "We hope that a vaccine solution will allow things to open up and for people to be going out and about again.”According to Dr Tucker, Vaxart currently has several coronavirus vaccines in development. If you put it in the intestine in the right context, you get a really strong immune response to those proteins.

Source: Daily Mirror May 15, 2020 07:10 UTC