Head Topics

The Explainer: How close is a Covid-19 vaccine?

  • 📰 thejournal_ie
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 13 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 8%
  • Publisher: 50%

Ireland Headlines News

Ireland Latest News,Ireland Headlines

On this week's podcast we speak to one of the researchers working on the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials, to find out about how it all works:

Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock THE HUNT FOR a vaccine against Covid-19 is one of the most pressing items on the global agenda today.

This week came the good news that a trial of a potential vaccine at Oxford University had seen some encouraging results. The vaccine being tested was found to be safe and induce an immune reaction in the early stages of the UK trial.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 32. in İE

Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

First human trials of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine suggest it is safeResults published in Lancet suggest vaccine stimulates the production of antibodies
Source: IrishTimes - 🏆 3. / 98 Read more »