In Brief

England and Germany ‘neck-and-neck’ in coronavirus vaccine race

Teams at Oxford University and BioNTech are competing to produce the first internationally accepted vaccination for Covid-19

by Holden Frith

18 Aug 2020

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An Argentinian lab produces the Oxford coronavirus vaccine for clinical trials in the country

Worker in Argentinian lab producing the Oxford coronavirus vaccine for clinical trials in the country

Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty

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