Scientists say clinical trials for ‘variant-proof’ vaccines could start very soon Robin McKie © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: iCreate/Alamy
Scientists are developing a range of second-generation Covid vaccines aimed at expanding protection against the disease.
Candidates include one version that could provide immune defence against many different virus variants, while other researchers are investigating vaccines that would generate responses aimed specifically at blocking transmission of the disease.
Other projects include research into the creation of multiple vaccines that could each tackle different virus strains but would be administered as a single jab in a manner similar to annual flu jabs, which currently combine four vaccines against different strains of the influenza virus.
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Will Everyone in the UK be Vaccinated by May? Published February 2nd, 2021 - 10:57 GMT
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson today (January 28th) visited the French biotechnology laboratory Valneva in Livingston where they will be producing a Covid 19 vaccine on a large scale The Prime Minister tried his hand at one of the tests with Kerri Symington. Wattie Cheung / POOL / AFP
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Whitehall officials hopeful all UK adults could be offered vaccine by the beginning of May ahead of schedule
Boris Johnson is battling to get schools reopened from March 8 amid claims there is a realistic possibility that every UK adult can be offered a vaccine by the beginning of May.