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The United Kingdom (UK) Health Secretary, Rt. Hon Matt Hancock, has announced that Oxford University will begin human trials of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, 23rd April 2020.
He announced that a total of about £20m funding has been made available for the research.
The United Kingdom has had a total of 129,044 COVID-19 cases with 17,337 deaths.
The United Kingdom on Monday reported 823 more coronavirus deaths in hospitals, following a post-weekend dip in Monday’s figures.
Watch the full press address of the Health Secretary below:
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“The vaccine from the Oxford [University] project will be trialled in people from this Thursday”
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces £20m funding for the research, saying “in normal times reaching this stage would take years”
Source: mynewsghana.net
