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SAFETY steps are not being missed out during the rapid development of a coronavirus vaccine, according the scientist leading the efforts.
Sarah Gilbert, the professor of vaccinology at Oxford University, said her team hopes to begin the first human clinical trails of a vaccine for Covid-19 by the end of the week.
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She told BBC Breakfast on Monday that her team have gone through stages of vaccine development that usually takes five years in just four months. However, she said that none of the normal safety steps have been missed out, explaining: "The very careful, controlled manufacturing of the vaccine – all of that is still being done."
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