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06.12.2021 / 15:23

Oxford scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine says next pandemic may be worse

LONDON - One of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is warning that the next pandemic may be more contagious and more lethal unless more money is devoted to research and preparations to fight emerging viral threats.In excerpts released before a speech Monday, Professor Sarah Gilbert says the scientific advances made in fighting deadly viruses "must not be lost" because of the cost of fighting the current pandemic."This will not be the last time a virus threatens our lives and our livelihoods,’’ Gilbert is expected to say. "The truth is, the next one could be worse.

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Everything known about Disease X so far as scientists fear world is 'unprepared'

Brits are being warned about a new disease that could potentially "cause 20 times more deaths than Covid-19".

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Covid could be followed by 'more lethal' pandemic warns vaccine creator

As the Covid pandemic continues, an expert on the virus has warned that the world could face a future pandemic more 'contagious and lethal'.

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Next pandemic could be more lethal, warns AZ vaccine creator

Another pandemic will threaten human lives and could be "more contagious" and "more lethal", one of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine inventors has warned.

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06.12.2021 / 10:19

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Next pandemic could be 'more lethal' than Covid, Oxford vaccine creator says

Another pandemic will threaten human lives and could be 'more lethal' than Covid, a vaccine expert has warned.

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Not many places left for COVID to evade immunity: Oxford-AstraZeneca jab creator

London: There aren't many places left for the COVID-19 virus to mutate and evade immunity as it will only get weaker with time, said the creator of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the most widely distributed jab in the world.

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Barbie creates doll in honour of Oxford vaccine co-creator

Toy company Mattel has created a Barbie doll in honour of Oxford vaccine co-creator Professor Sarah Gilbert.

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Covid vaccine heroes honoured with gongs in Queen’s Birthday Honours list

Vaccine heroes who battled to find the jabs to save Brits from coronavirus were rewarded with a catalogue of gongs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.Nearly a quarter of the awards – 262 - went to UK champions of the fight against the virus which has claimed 3.7 million lives worldwide.Chief among its heroes were the brains behind the design and trialling of the UK's Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine which has gone into tens of millions of arms around the world.Its co-designer Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at Oxford’s Jenner Institute and Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, becomes a dame.She said the pandemic forced scientists to "accelerate everything" and "go further than we ever had before with this type of

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Top scientist who led Oxford jab team warns of Covid surge when schools re-open

A top scientist who led the team behind the Oxford jab has warned that kids returning to school will mean more Covid cases, it has been reported.

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Scientist behind coronavirus vaccine given top medal named after Prince Albert

The scientist behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus jab has been awarded a medal previously won by Winston Churchill.

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Brits could be offered Covid vaccines as 'nasal sprays and tablets' to speed up rollout

Coronavirus vaccines could be offered as nasal sprays and tablets – potentially offering “large advantages”.The Oxford University and AstraZeneca jab has already been given to millions of Brits across the UK.However, scientists may replace the needles with “second generation formulations”.Professor Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford, discussed the research as she was quizzed by MPs on the Science and Technology Committee.She said: “We are also thinking about second generation formulations of the vaccine."As you know all the vaccines have been given at the moment as intramuscular injections, and that is not necessarily the best way to provide protection against a respiratory virus infection, where we want the

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AstraZeneca vaccine being tweaked to fight S. Africa variant

LONDON – Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine’s lead researcher said Sunday.

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Oxford Covid vaccine boss says South African variant version 'ready by autumn'

Oxford University researchers working on a new coronavirus vaccine to combat the South African variant are hopeful it will be ready to use by autumn.

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GPs to start giving out Covid vaccine from today as docs issue Christmas warning

Coronavirus vaccination clinics are opening in England today, with GPs set to give out the jab in hundreds of different locations. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be delivered to GP practices at more than 100 locations across the country.They will inoculate those aged 80 and over, along with care home workers and residents.Vaccination centres will also be run from doctors' surgeries and community hubs in villages, towns and cities.

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Oxford vaccine professor leads warnings about the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions over Christmas

direct to your inboxThe professor who led research into the University of Oxford's Covid-19 vaccination has issued a dire warning about the possible impact of the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions over Christmas.Sarah Gilbert joined NHS bosses in expressing fears about a third wave of the pandemic in the new year, just as Germany announced a hard lockdown because of record numbers of cases and deaths there.Although cases are falling in Tier 3 Greater Manchester, the infection rate for England is rising and soaring in Tier 2 London where schools in Greenwich have been asked to close from Monday to tackle a worrying spike in cases.Restrictions are due to be relaxed across the UK between December 23 and 27 to allow families to form

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Oxford coronavirus vaccine has 'pretty high' chance of being available this month

The Oxford coronavirus vaccine has a “pretty high” chance of being available in Britain by the end of this month, its developer has said.

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Oxford Covid vaccine hoped to be in use 'shortly' but it's less effective than Pfizer's

A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is set to be ready for use "shortly" after trial data released today shows it to be 70.4% effective in stopping disease.

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How Oxford University made the breakthrough in covid vaccine

1991 To TodayEven though good fortune played its part, the development of what Oxford scientists hailed as "a vaccine for the world" was built upon 30 years of testing and tweaking of methods.The adenovirus "viral vector" platform that their candidate uses has been around since 1991, said Hill of the university's Jenner Institute.He had been working with Sarah Gilbert, another vaccinologist, to fine-tune the technology. This has involved using a chimpanzee cold virus as the vector to deliver the instructions, in trials with diseases such as flu, MERS and Ebola over the last decade.

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How being mum to triplets helped 'relieved' Oxford professor develop coronavirus vaccine

The lead professor behind the successful Oxford coronavirus vaccine has revealed how having triplets helped her succeed.

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Prince William Congratulates University Of Oxford Team Working On Coronavirus Vaccine: ‘I’m So Pleased For All Of You’

Prince William congratulated those working on a coronavirus vaccine in a special video call shared on Monday.

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Prince William Congratulates Researchers Responsible for COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough

With progress into a COVID-19 vaccine starting to look promising, Prince William spoke with researchers about the breakthroughs and discoveries being made at the University of Oxford.The Duke of Cambridge partook in a video call with Andy Pollard, professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity; Sarah Gilbert, professor of Vaccinology; and Louise Richardson, vice chancellor of the university.

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Oxford Covid-19 vaccine can stop 70% of people from catching killer bug, tests show

coronavirus vaccine created in the UK can prevent 70.4 percent of people from catching the bug, a new study has found. Oxford University and AstraZeneca have announced that their jag is effective in preventing people from different age groups from getting sick.

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Serum Institute announces trial of new covid vaccine from Oxford

Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer.The shot was devised by SpyBiotech, a U.K. company spun out of Oxford in 2017 by researchers who worked alongside Adrian Hill and Sarah Gilbert at the university’s Jenner Institute.

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Oxford coronavirus vaccine professor warns of rising animal-to-human disease threat

The scientist leading Oxford University's push for a coronavirus vaccine has warned of an increasing risk of disease outbreaks spreading from animals to people.

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Will Oxford COVID-19 vaccine be available by year-end? Read what developers say

COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty, the lead developer of the vaccine said on Tuesday.The experimental vaccine, which has been licensed to AstraZeneca , produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, preserving hopes it could be in use by the end of 2020."The end of the year target for getting vaccine roll-out, it's a possibility but there's absolutely no certainty about that because we need three things to happen," Sarah Gilbert told BBC Radio.She said it needed to be shown to work in late-stage trials, there needed to be large quantities manufactured, and regulators had to agree quickly to license it for emergency use before large numbers of people

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Coronavirus: Oxford University human vaccine is safe and trains the immune system

With global coronavirus cases continuing to increase, scientists have been working around the clock to develop an effective vaccine.

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Coronavirus vaccine by University of Oxford 'safe and induces immune reaction'

Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherThe coronavirus vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford is safe and induces an immune reaction, findings of the first phases of the study suggest.Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection allowed them to produce antibodies and white blood cells that can fight Covid-19.The findings on the Oxford vaccine trial were published in medical journal, The Lancet.Professor Sarah Gilbert, of the University of Oxford, said: "There is still much work to be done before we can confirm if our vaccine will help manage the Covid-19 pandemic, but these early results hold promise."As well as continuing to test our vaccine in phase-three trials, we need to learn

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Hopeful COVID-19 research: Testing new vaccines, repurposing old ones

Medical News Today previously reported on the research that Sarah Gilbert, a professor of vaccinology at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute in the United Kingdom, led on a potential vaccine. The recombinant vaccine that the team developed uses a chimpanzee adenovirus (called ChAdOx1) that is harmless to humans, inserting into it the spike protein gene of SARS-CoV-2.As this approach to developing vaccines has been “extensively tested in other situations,” and the research group has a successful track record in this area (which includes developing a promising vaccine against MERS, a “cousin” of SARS), experts were hopeful a few months ago that Prof.

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Top coronavirus professor says vaccine will last for 'several years at least'

FREE newsletter is just champion! Get the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inbox A top professor leading a study on a coronavirus vaccine says the jab should provide a “good duration of immunity”.

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Warning to 'prepare for the worst' as coronavirus jab might not be ready by winter

A scientist working on a coronavirus vaccine has warned that it might to be ready in time for winter when the flu season kicks in.

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Potential coronavirus vaccine has ‘right sort of immune response’ in trial: scientist

COVID-19 vaccine said on Wednesday the team has seen the right sort of immune response in trials but declined to give a firm timeframe for when it could be ready.Speaking at a parliamentary hearing, Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the university, said 8,000 volunteers had been enrolled for the Phase III of its trial into the vaccine, AZD1222, which was licensed to AstraZeneca. U.S.

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Summer may decide fate of leading shots in coronavirus vaccine race

THE HOME STRETCHVaccines train the body to rapidly recognize and fend off an invading germ. About 15 experimental COVID-19 vaccines are in various stages of human studies worldwide.And while there’s no guarantee any will pan out, moving three different kinds into final testing offers better odds -- especially since scientists don’t yet know just how strong an immune reaction the shots must spark to protect.Measuring that with the first proven vaccine will “really help us understand for all the other vaccines in development, do they also have a chance?" said Oxford University lead researcher Sarah Gilbert.Only China is pushing out “inactivated" vaccines, made by growing the new coronavirus and killing it.

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Prince William Visits University Of Oxford To Learn More About Potential Coronavirus Vaccine

Prince William made a visit to the University of Oxford on Wednesday to learn more about their work to establish a viable vaccine against COVID-19.

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Oxford professor says there's 'little chance' of proving coronavirus vaccine works

coronavirus vaccine works, an expert has claimed.

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Vaccine professor at Oxford University says 'little chance' now of proving if it works

A coronavirus vaccine professor at Oxford University says there is now 'little chance' of proving if it works due to low transmission rates in the UK.

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Coronavirus vaccine trial extended to include children and older adults

The trial of the coronavirus vaccine tipped to be the ‘front runner’ in the fight against COVID-19 has been extended to include children and older adults, raising hopes the jab could soon be ready for the public.

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Oxford varsity COVID-19 vaccine human trials from Thursday: UK Health Secretary

Scientists at the University of Oxford last week promised a super-fast vaccine during a virtual press conference, saying the vaccine will be available by September

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Coronavirus: Taxpayer funded vaccine may be given to poor countries before Brits

A Covid-19 vaccine may be given to poor countries before Brits despite it being paid for by UK taxpayers.

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The UK's chief scientific adviser says vaccines are 'long shots'

Vaccines are "long shots" and people should not rely on the swift development of one for Covid-19, the UK government's chief scientific adviser has warned.

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Prospects for a Covid-19 vaccine are 'very good' - with clinical trials beginning next week

Nobody can be "completely certain" that it is possible to find a vaccine for Covid-19, but the prospects are "very good", according to a scientist who is leading a team attempting to develop one.

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Coronavirus expert says no guarantee a working Covid-19 vaccine will ever be found

An expert leading global efforts to search for a coronavirus vaccine has claimed nobody can "be completely certain" it will be possible to find a cure.

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Hopes of a million coronavirus vaccines by September as human trials start next week

Scientists are hopeful that a million doses of a vaccine for Covid-19 could be available by September.

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Coronavirus: UK volunteers to get first dose of potential vaccine next week

UK volunteers could be given the first dose of a potential coronavirus vaccine within the next week, researchers say.

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Coronavirus vaccine may be ready for mass production by autumn: Oxford scientist

MELBOURNE/LONDON : A coronavirus vaccine trial by University of Oxford researchers aims to get efficacy results by September, and manufacturing is already underway.

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UK coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September, claims Oxford professor

An Oxford professor says she is “80%" confident the coronavirus vaccine she is working on will be successful - and could be ready by September.

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Oxford Professor claims Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by autumn

A coronavirus vaccine could be available for the general public by September, an Oxford professor has claimed.

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Coronavirus vaccine 'could be ready by Autumn'

A coronavirus vaccine could be available for the general public by September, an Oxford professor has claimed.

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UK scientists 80% confident coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September

UK scientists are hopeful that a coronavirus vaccine could be ready as soon as September.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0