There has been some good news in the healthcare sector recently, as scientists at two British universities believe they might have created vaccines for coronavirus, and testing will begin to determine their success this week.
Health secretary Matt Hancock told the daily Downing Street briefing that Britain was at “the front of the global effort” to produce a vaccination against the virus, and Imperial College London and the University of Oxford would be given a total of £42.5 million to support their findings.
He stated: “Both of these promising projects are making rapid progress and I’ve told the scientists leading them we will do everything in our power to support.”
Mr Hancock added: “I am throwing everything at it.”
Human trials for Oxford University’s potential vaccine will begin as early as Thursday (April 23rd), with healthy adults between 18 and 55 being invited to take part in the possibly ground-breaking testing.
The university began to conduct research on producing a vaccine in February thanks to the Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group teaming up to work together on the project.
Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, said: “Vaccines are being designed from scratch and progressed at an unprecedented rate.”
He added that if the inoculation proves successful, deployment of the jab could occur as soon as possible.
Scientists at the educational hub previously insisted they would like to produce one million doses by September, Market Watch revealed. This is despite vaccines normally taking around 18 months to be developed and rolled out.
Medical technology, such as healthcare cloud storage, would dramatically improve the efficiency of the trials, enabling scientists to see results far more quickly.
