Covid-19 vaccine

Qatar has sealed an agreement with drugmaker Moderna Inc to buy its potential COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is approved and released for global use.Abdullatif al-Khal, chair of a national COVID-19 health group and head of infectious…

AstraZeneca and a group of British scientists have shown that experimental COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective.The trial results of the vaccine were contained in a recent publication from the Lancet medical journal.The vaccine, known…

Tensions have erupted between US government scientists and Moderna, one of the leading developers.According to Reuters, the US govt has announced plan to support Moderna’s vaccine project with nearly half a billion US dollars and has…

The United States President, Donald Trump, has disclosed plan to appoint a former GlaxoSmithKline executive and a U.S. general to lead the government's effort at developing a coronavirus vaccine.While disclosing this on Wednesday May 13,…

The World Health Organization chief has disclosed that there are about seven to eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus.This was disclosed on Monday May 11, 2020, by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has disclosed plan to be part of the efforts towards the fight against coronavirus pandemic.While disclosing this on Saturday May 2, 2020, the Turkish presidential spokesperson, Ibrahim Kalin,…