Coronavirus (Covid-19) Vaccine Latest Update

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Coronavirus (Covid-19) Vaccine Latest Update: After Moderna, China's Cansino Biologics claims vaccine breakthrough; Oxford to start advanced human trials; Indian Covid-19 vaccine unlikely within a year
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 25, 2020 1:09:06 pm


Days after US biotechnology company Moderna Inc reported successful results from its experimental vaccine for Covid-19, a second breakthrough has been made in China, with Cansino Biologics Inc saying the vaccine appeared to be safe and might protect people from the novel coronavirus.

With Covid-19 infecting more than 5.5 million and killing 338,249 people across the world, a vaccine is considered to be the best long-term solution for allowing countries to reopen their economies by coming out of months-long lockdown.

For Covid-19, there are over 100 vaccines being developed across the world now, some from scratch, some from existing molecules developed for other diseases.

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Coming to India, PTI reported experts were of the view that research in the country on a Covid-19 vaccine was still at a nascent stage and any concrete breakthrough was not likely within a year. Presently, while Zydus Cadila is working on two vaccines, Serum Institute, Biological E, Bharat Biotech, Indian Immunologicals, and Mynvax are developing one vaccine each.