The coronavirus vaccine being developed at Oxford University is working well and has been shown to produce a ‘strong immune response’ in volunteers, studies show.
The news comes just days after a 28-year-old volunteer in the Oxford trial died ‘as a result of complications from Covid-19’ on Thursday.
Meanwhile. South Yorkshire joins the likes of Liverpool, Manchester, and Lancashire in a tier three lockdown.
Also, a further 224 people died with coronavirus in the UK yesterday, while 20,530 new cases were confirmed.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/24/coronavirus-news-live-covid-vaccine-immunity-sheffield-tier-3-lockdown-uk-13473193/
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