British scientist develops coronavirus vaccine

Imperial College London reported a significant breakthrough in the race for the coronavirus vaccine, which emerged in China and has swept through the world.

Report informs, citing foreign media, that a leading British scientist reduced a part of the average development time from “two to three years to just 14 days."

Robin Shattock, Head of mucosal infection and immunity at Imperial College London, said he is now at the stage to start testing the vaccine on animals as early as next week with human studies in the summer if enough funding is secured, Sky said.

“Conventional approaches usually take at least two to three years before you even get to the clinic,” he told Sky. “And we’ve gone from that sequence to generating a candidate in the laboratory in 14 days.”

The vaccine may be applied for treating people already this summer if there is enough funding.