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COVID-19: OXFORD University RESUMES TRIAL OF VACCINE.

Clinical trials of one of the most advanced experimental Covid-19 vaccines resumed Saturday after a brief safety pause, as infection numbers continued to march upward in countries across the globe. The world’s hopes for a reprieve from the pandemic were dealt a blow earlier in the week when pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University announced […]

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Covid-19 : SOUTH AFRICA TO BEGIN FIRST VACCINE TRIAL IN AFRICA.

South Africa, the country with the highest Coronavirus cases in Africa, will roll out the first coronavirus vaccine trial in Africa this week. The vaccine, known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, was developed by the Oxford Jenner Institute and it is already being evaluated in Britain, where 4,000 participants have signed up for the trial. South Africa […]

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COVID-19 VACCINE ‘ THAILAND BEGINS TRIAL ON MONKEYS.

Thailand is conducting tests on macaque monkeys as it races to produce a cheaper, alternative coronavirus vaccine it hopes will be ready by 2021, a top researcher said on Monday. More than 100 candidate vaccines are currently in various stages of development around the world, at least eight of which are in clinical trials with […]

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THERE ARE 102 VACCINES under DEVELOPMENT WORLDWIDE- WHO Announces

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that 102 potential Covid-19 vaccines are being developed around the world as scientists worldwide find a permanent solution to the novel Coronavirus that has killed hundreds of thousands worldwide and shut down economic life. According to documents posted on the organization’s website on Thursday, eight of the potential […]