Virus vaccine trials continue at Oxford University

Trials for a new COVID-19 vaccine continued at Oxford University in UK this week.

university on Wednesday released new foot of blood tests being carried out on volunteers at ir clinical laboratories.

Researchers at university gave injections to volunteers in a study that eventually aims to include hundreds in hopes of telling t only if vaccine is safe but if it works.

Researchers created new vaccine by inserting genes for a spikey protein that studs outer surface of new coronavirus into ar, harmless virus.

idea: immune system will spot foreign protein and make antibodies to fight it, primed to react quickly if person eventually is exposed to COVID-19.

Oxford University programme is first in UK to develop a possible vaccine for coronavirus.

Dozens of vaccine candidates are in various sts of development around world.

Experts have cautioned that even if early studies go well, it will be at least a year before any are available for widespre use.