"BREAKTHROUGH": NEW VACCINE PROVIDES 'DOUBLE DEFENCE' AND SHOWS PROMISING RESULTS! WHEN IS IT GETTING LAUNCHED? - DETAILS

Researchers at the University of Oxford recently announced that they might have come up with a breakthrough in the search for COVID19 vaccine. According to media reports in the UK, the team has come up with a vaccine that provides ‘double protection against COVID19. 

Based on the results obtained from vaccine trials, the researchers noted that the blood samples taken from a group of UK volunteers who were given a dose of the vaccine indicated that it stimulated the body to produce both antibodies and “Killer T-cells".

One of the researchers told The Daily Mail that the results are “extremely optimistic”. However, he also mentioned that the vaccine does not provide long- lasting immunity against the novel coronavirus.

“I can tell you that we now know the Oxford vaccine covers both bases – it produces both a T cell and an antibody response. It’s the combination of these two that will hopefully keep people safe. So far, so good. It’s an important moment. But we still have a long way to go,” the source said.

David Carpenter, chairman of the Berkshire Research Ethics Committee, which approved the Oxford trial told media that the vaccine team was “absolutely on track”.

“Nobody can put final dates... things might go wrong but the reality is that by working with a big pharma company, that vaccine could be fairly widely available around September and that is the sort of target they are working on,” he added.

Reportedly, the vaccine is being supported by the UK government. AstraZeneca is likely to support them in the production phase. 

The Oxford Vaccine has been one of the frontrunners in the vaccine race.

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