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18 May 2020updated 06 Oct 2020 9:45am

Experts raise doubts about Oxford University vaccine after it fails to stop Covid-19 in animal trials

By Samuel Horti

Experts have raised concerns about the effectiveness of the government-backed Oxford University coronavirus vaccine after mixed results in an animal trial.

The vaccine did not stop rhesus macaque monkeys catching the virus in a trial conducted in the US, prompting one academic to call for an “urgent re-appraisal of the ongoing human trials” of the vaccine.

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