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The World Health Organization is holding a briefing on Thursday about the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 15 million people worldwide and killed at least 623,800, according to data compiled by Johns University. Hopkins.
Earlier this week, the WHO applauded data recently released by researchers from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca about a possible coronavirus vaccine. The Oxford researchers said the vaccine produced antibodies and killer T cells to fight the infection that lasted at least two months.
“This is good news,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO emergency program, on Monday. “By generating T-cell responses and generating neutralizing antibodies, this is a positive result. But again, there is a long way to go. Now we have to move to real-world trials on a larger scale.”
Public health officials say there is no return to “normal” until there is a vaccine. Ryan said Monday that there are 23 vaccine candidates in clinical development, and as of Monday, only one had produced phase one data available in a peer-reviewed journal.
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