Published in The Lancet of 20th July, the paper gives details of results of a study carried out on 1077 volunteers who were either given the COVID-19 or a meningitis vaccine.
The researchers found that the COVID-19 vaccine was generally well tolerated with causation of mild side effects which were easily controlled by paracetamol.
The vaccine gave promising results in that it elicited a response from the subjects' immune system of antibody and cellular type.
Currently there are 160 vaccines undergoing research in a global effort to combat the devastating coronavirus pandemic.
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