UK begins coronavirus vaccine trial; France pledges funding

LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Imperial College London will start immunizing people in Britain this week with their experimental coronavirus shot, becoming the latest entry into the race to find an effective vaccine. The British government said 300 healthy people will be immunized with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed at Imperial. Meanwhile in France, President Emmanuel Macron and Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson are visiting a Sanofi lab Tuesday in Lyon, and Macron is holding talks later with vaccine developers. Macron has pushed for vaccines to be considered a “common good” for humanity that must not be subject to market pressures.