U.S. President Donald Trump wearing a face mask.
Donald Trump claims that the US will get a Covid-19 vaccine ‘within weeks’ (Picture: REUTERS)

The coronavirus vaccine being developed at Oxford University is working well and has been shown to produce a ‘strong immune response’ in volunteers, studies show.

Instead of using a weakened strain, or small parts of it, like traditional vaccines, the Oxford jab directs the body to produce part of the virus itself.

The promising update comes after Donald Trump said that a Covid-19 vaccine is ready and that it could be distributed ‘within weeks’.

Speaking at the presidential debate against Joe Biden Thursday night, the president said: ‘We have a vaccine that’s coming. ‘It’s ready, it’s going to be announced within weeks…the military is going to deliver the vaccine.’

Meanwhile, a further 224 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, while 20,530 new cases have been confirmed.

It comes after the UK recorded 21,242 daily cases on Thursday and 26,668 on Wednesday – the highest daily number on record.