Safety is 'top of the list', says Oxford Covid-19 vaccine professor

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Safety is 'top of the list' when it comes to making a Covid-19 vaccine, the professor leading Oxford University's vaccine group has said.

Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at Oxford, said no corners were being cut when it came to ensuring that a vaccine was safe. 
 

Professor Gilbert said: 'Although the clinical trials got started up quickly and then progressed rapidly, we haven't missed out any of these steps in the approvals of the safety oversight of those trials.

'Everything is being done, as it should be done, it's been done faster than usual because we've been able to take out some of the gaps that normally occur, but we're not cutting any steps out.'