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Read More »Don’t wait for the first Covid-19 vaccine until early 2021, says WHO expert
Researchers are making “good progress” in developing Covid-19 vaccines, with a handful of late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Organization expert said Wednesday. of Health (WHO). The WHO is working to ensure an equitable distribution of the vaccines, but in the meantime, …
Read More »The United States agrees to purchase 100 million doses of the candidate vaccine Pfizer COVID-19 for $ 1.95B
The United States will pay the pharmaceutical company Pfizer $ 1.95 billion to produce and deliver 100 million doses of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in case the drug is effective in human trials, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. Pfizer will administer the vaccine when the …
Read More »UK coronavirus vaccine elicits immune response in early test
LONDON, England – Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to elicit a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. British researchers began testing the vaccine in April on about 1,000 people, half of whom received …
Read More »UK coronavirus vaccine elicits immune response in early test
LONDON, England – Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to elicit a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. British researchers began testing the vaccine in April on about 1,000 people, half of whom received …
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