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Transparency in the approval process is vital for gaining the trust of people so that they don’t hesitate to take the vaccine. If there is already some degree of anxiety…
Knowing the natural reservoirs and intermediate hosts and the events that permitted the virus to jump across the species barrier is important to prevent future outbreaks. Soon after the virus…
Russia registering a vaccine for novel coronavirus even before beginning a Phase-3 trial and promising to begin full-scale production of the vaccine in September to make it available by November…
One more instance of a superspreader spreading coronavirus to 71 people in China has been documented. The superspreader continued to remain asymptomatic for over a month after arriving in China…
Phase-2 trial using a single dose of recombinant adenovirus vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) vector carries the genetic material that codes for spike glycoprotein of novel coronavirus was found to be safe, well-tolerated,…
The capricious decision to withdraw from WHO will have dire consequences for global public health. The departure of the U.S. will be a significant blow to the WHO in terms…
Contrary to what was earlier reported, China confirmed to the WHO of the cluster of cases of ‘viral pneumonia of unknown cause’ on January 3 only after the global body…
Chinese researchers were able to isolate and culture novel coronavirus from faeces samples. Confirmation of infectious virus in faeces samples raises the potential for faecal-oral or faecal-respiratory transmission. During 2002…
