{"id":49653,"date":"2020-04-17T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=49653"},"modified":"2020-04-17T21:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T20:00:47","slug":"britain-launches-coronavirus-vaccine-taskforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/britain-launches-coronavirus-vaccine-taskforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain launches coronavirus vaccine taskforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-49654\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona-Covid19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"836\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona-Covid19.jpg 725w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Corona-Covid19-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/>Britain launched a new coronavirus taskforce on Friday to support efforts to make a vaccine available to the public as quickly as possible. The government said 21 new research projects would get funding from a 14 million pound investment pool \u201cto rapidly progress treatments and vaccines.\u201d The taskforce will include AstraZeneca and research charity the Wellcome Trust.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft quote-simple \"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <!-- Automatic size Responsive --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1234237307185872\" data-ad-slot=\"7381563475\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins> <script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by British scientists at Oxford University are already being manufactured, even before trials prove whether the shot is effective, the team said on Friday.<br \/>\n\u201cUK scientists are working as fast as they can to find a vaccine that fights coronavirus, saving and protecting people\u2019s lives. We stand firmly behind them in their efforts,\u201d business minister Alok Sharma said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Vaccine Taskforce is key to coordinating efforts to rapidly accelerate the development and manufacture of a potential new vaccine, so we can make sure it is widely available to patients as soon as possible.\u201d<br \/>\nA vaccine against the novel coronavirus is seen as key to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed over 100,000 globally and delivered a large blow to the global economy.<br \/>\nBut timeframes for its development vary.<br \/>\nWhile the Oxford scientists said their vaccine would be available by September, GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Sanofi SA, who earlier this week said they would develop a vaccine, forecast that it would not be available until the second half of 2021.<br \/>\nBritain\u2019s government said it wanted a vaccine to be available as quickly as possible but did not give more details on an expected timetable for development.<br \/>\nThe taskforce will be led by Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance and Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan van Tam, and will aim to make sure regulations and manufacturing capacity are such that the production of a vaccine can be quickly scaled up when one is successfully developed.<br \/>\nBritain said it would identify ways to fast-track clinical trials and also continue to support international efforts to find a vaccine.<br \/>\nAmong the projects to receive funding include a test of a vaccine at Imperial College, London that aims for the body to produce more protective antibodies; Public Health England\u2019s efforts to develop a new antibody to protect from COVID-19 and a University of Oxford trial of an anti-malarial drug to see if it could prove effective against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/britain-launches-coronavirus-vaccine-taskforce\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain launched a new coronavirus taskforce on Friday to support efforts to make a vaccine available to the public as quickly as possible. 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