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New Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Starts This Week in UK . . . April 22, 2020 2:32 pm DanS

New Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Starts This Week in UK
The vaccine is made from a weakened version of a common cold virus.

By Yasemin Saplakoglu | Staff Writer

LIVE SCIENCE – April 21, 2020 | A coronavirus vaccine candidate will be tested in a clinical trial in the United Kingdom starting this week. The vaccine combines a weakened version of a common cold virus with genes coding for the coronavirus’ lethal weapons: its spikes.


(Image: © Shutterstock)

The vaccine will be administered to people starting on Thursday (April 22), British Health Minister Matt Hancock announced today (April 21), according to CNBC. The study will recruit up to 510 healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55 across multiple locations in the U.K., according to a statement.

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