Coronavirus vaccine test on mice carried out by UK team, as second plane carrying evacuees arrives Canada from China

Britain has recorded eight cases and been forced to shut down two branches of a medical centre in the southeast city of Brighton where two staff members tested positive. (Photo: AFP/Glyn KIRK)

Scientists from United Kingdom, believe they are among the first to start animal testing of a vaccine for the new coronavirus.

Imperial College London, Researchers, said their desired goal was to have an effective and safe way of halting the strain's spread by the end of the year.

"At the moment we have just put the vaccine that we've generated from these bacteria into mice," researcher Paul McKay told AFP.

"We're hoping that over the next few weeks we'll be able to determine the response that we can see in those mice, in their blood, their antibody response to the coronavirus."

In a related development, a second plane with 185 Canadian evacuees from Wuhan, China has landed at an air-force base in Trenton, Ontario, CBC news reports.

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