coronavirus vaccine

South Africa, country with the highest coronavirus cases in Africa, has announced plans to roll out the continent’s first coronavirus vaccine trial this week. The vaccine, developed by the Oxford Jenner Institute in the United Kingdom,…

President of Philippine, Rodrigo Duterte has announced the closure of all schools in the country until a vaccine for coronavirus is ready. Duterte, speaking during a late-night television address on Monday, said sending children to…

Scientists at a California biotech company say it has found an antibody that completely blocks coronavirus, a finding they now call a ‘cure,’ it has emerged. Sorrento Therapeutics, based in San Diego, claims the antibody dubbed as …

Researchers in Hong Kong have found that patients suffering milder effects from coronavirus recover quickly when treated with a three-drug antiviral combination. The combination was discovered by a team of doctors in Hong Kong, CNN…

President Donald Trump has on Sunday predicted that the United States will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. Trump in a Fox News “town hall” show broadcast from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC stated; We are…

American business magnate and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has on Thursday said it could take as long as two years or at least nine months before a vaccine can be fully developed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Gates stated that…

An antiviral drug originally designed to treat Ebola virus has shown positive data in experimental treatment of coronavirus patients. The drug manufacturer Gilead Sciences said preliminary results from their phase 3 trial of the…

A private Nigerian laboratory has joined other scientists and laboratories around the world in the race towards developing a vaccine for the treatment of Coronavirus. The laboratory known as African Centre of Excellence for Genomics…

US President Donald Trump have come under fire from medical community after suggesting research should go into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. President Trump stated this during…

China has on Tuesday approved early-stage human tests for two experimental coronavirus vaccines. The experimental vaccines are being developed by a Beijing-based unit of Sinovac Biotech and by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products,…

Sarah Gilbert, an Oxford University professor, has said a Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September “if everything goes perfectly.” According to Metro UK, the professor of vaccinology said she is 80 percent confident that the…

An experimental HIV drug that has been used to successfully treat COVID-19 patients is in its second phase of testing with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and could potentially be approved for use in four weeks, its manufacturer…

L-R: Camille Locht, head of research at at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), and Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive care at the Cochin hospital in Paris Two French medical experts have been slammed by …

World-celebrated country music singer, Dolly Parton World-celebrated country music singer, Dolly Parton, has joined other well-meaning individuals across the globe in supporting the containment of the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic by …