UK targets up to 12 Covid-19 vaccines from around the world
by Sarah Boseley Health editor from Science | The Guardian on (#55ZXF)
Head of the government's vaccines taskforce reveals strategy aimed at exploring the landscape' and hedging bets
The UK government aims to secure stocks of not one vaccine or even two but up to 12 that are being developed around the world, hedging its bets to ensure it has something that works as early as possible to try to end the health, social and economic havoc being wreaked by Covid-19.
As Oxford University published early results of its trials, showing its vaccine is safe and provokes a good immune response, Kate Bingham, the chair of the government's vaccines taskforce, said the strategy was to have an entire portfolio rather than one star player.
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