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Coronavirus vaccine won’t be ready in time for the second wave, warns Oxford scientist

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A leading scientist has warned that a vaccine for coronavirus won't be ready in time for a potential second wave. Sir John Bell, 68, who is Oxford University’s regius professor of medicine, says the majority of vaccines take around eight years to develop while research into Covid-19 has only been going on for eight months.

A vaccine trial being jointly developed by Oxford and drugmaker Astra Zeneca is considered the best hope at creating a vaccine that could boost immunity to Covid-19.

But Sir John says that the vaccine will be ready by early next year, but added: “We’re not going to beat the second wave now.” He told the Daily Telegraph: “We’re probably right at the front end of the second wave now, but a vaccine might arrive towards the

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