But John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University, said that Britain should "prepare for the worst" and has urged people to get their flu jabs to avoid "pandemonium" in hospitals. He said: "This whole epidemic has relied too heavily on assumptions that have turned out not to be true. Kate Bingham, chair of the UK Government Vaccine Taskforce, said that excluding the Oxford vaccine programme, she hoped there would be a breakthrough by early 2021. (Image: Oxford University)Last month Professor Gilbert said there is now 'little chance' of proving if a vaccine works due to low transmission rates in the UK. She said the vaccine trial relies on a sufficient number of volunteers to have been exposed to the virus to see whether it protects them or not.

Source: Daily Mirror July 01, 2020 17:57 UTC