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In view of curbing the coronavirus crisis, two private research laboratories outside of Rome are developing possible COVID-19 vaccines. The vaccine could reportedly be tested as early as September. The two companies: Advent-IRBM and Takis Biotech are based in Pomezia and are among the few companies that are developing a COVID-19 vaccine.
Advent-IRBM is reportedly ready to begin an advanced study on the potential vaccine with the Jenner Institute, part of the University of Oxford. The company will reportedly send samples to the institute on Thursday. In addition, the company’s research is based on the use of adenovirus, a mild virus that infects chimpanzees, with a genetic modification that carries part of the coronavirus.
WHO lists three favorite candidates
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has included three candidate vaccines in its latest draft of COVID-19 vaccines. However, the ChAdOX1 from Oxford has not yet been listed. According to the WHO draft, of the 70 candidate vaccines, three are leaders of: CanSino Biological Inc and the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology; Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc; and Moderna Inc together with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the United States.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is fighting for a candidate coronavirus vaccine called ChAdOX1 that researchers at the University of Oxford are developing.
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The coronavirus crisis
First detected in China’s Wuhan, there are currently around 2,637,414 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection worldwide, and the disease has killed some 184,204 people. In a ray of hope, around 717,625 people are also reported to have recovered.
Read: Mumbai reports 309 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths in 24 hours, city count at 3754
Meanwhile, in India, according to the latest update from the Union Ministry of Health, there are currently a total of 20,471 coronavirus cases in the country, including 15,859 active cases. While 652 deaths have been reported overall, about 3,960 people have been cured / discharged / migrated.
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