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More than 700 people volunteer for the vaccine. Two of them were initially vaccinated on Thursday.
This is the first experimental application of the coronavirus vaccine in humans in Europe.
According to the BBC, half of those taking the test will be vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine and the other half will be vaccinated against meningitis, not the coronavirus.
Those who receive the vaccine will not know what vaccine they have received. Only the doctors will know.
In the coming months, researchers will be able to determine if the vaccines are working by comparing the two groups of people.
The Oxford researchers say that if the vaccine is successfully tested in humans, it will be possible to release millions of doses of the vaccine in September this year.
UK is testing human coronavirus vaccines
In addition to the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, Imperial College London is also working on the vaccine.
Coronavirus vaccines are at different stages of development in different countries of the world. The vaccine has already been experimentally tested in the United States and China. This is the third time that the UK has started testing.
A research team from Oxford University has been developing the vaccine for three months. The study was led by Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccination. He says he is 80 percent sure that the vaccine will work.
There are also plans to test more people for the vaccine if they do well on the initial test. In that case, about 5,000 people of any age could be vaccinated.
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