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

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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.

Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at Oxford University, said they hope to begin clinical trials towards the end of next week.

And she said that alongside these trials, preparations need to be made to manufacture the vaccine in large amounts. Prof Gilbert told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that trials need to be done to see if it is possible to find a workable vaccine. "The prospects are very good, but it is clearly not completely certain," she said.

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