"A leading medical expert working in the coronavirus task-force has revealed what progress has been made so far. Professor Robin Shattock said work towards a vaccine is faster than ever before noting that they have two very strong candidates. He believes the cure will come in 'record time'.
Speaking to LBC, Professor Shattock said: "It's going well, we're moving as fast as we possibly can and faster than we've ever been able to move vaccines in to clinical testing before, so that's encouraging.
"But it still takes time to get from that first step to knowing that it's safe and highly effective."
He continued: "I think we're in a particularly strong position in the UK because we have two very strong candidates.
"Our own candidate coming from Imperial College, also the group from Oxford.
"I think we have good chances of having an effective vaccine in a record time, but that still probably won't be widely available until next year."
Professor Shattock added a vaccine is only part of the solution to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the social distancing measures enforced by the Government.
He noted technology has really changed enabling researches to work from a genetic blueprint of the virus which was published by Chinese scientists in January.
The researcher said: "We actually use genetic material to inject into the muscle and get the muscle to manufacture the vaccine instead of needing a large manufacturing plant.
"This is much more efficient, faster and safer as well.""
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