"I am hearing there will be positive news soon (perhaps tomorrow) on initial trials of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine that is backed by AstraZeneca and supported by tens of millions of pounds of government money," reports ITV political editor Robert Peston. "Apparently the vaccine is generating the kind of antibody and T-cell (killer cell) response that the researchers would hope to see." The first data are reported to be published in the Lancet.