Global Statistics

All countries
695,781,740
Confirmed
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
All countries
627,110,498
Recovered
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
All countries
6,919,573
Deaths
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm

Global Statistics

All countries
695,781,740
Confirmed
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
All countries
627,110,498
Recovered
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
All countries
6,919,573
Deaths
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
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If we ever make a covid-19 vaccine who should be first to get it?

Health 12 August 2020 By Graham Lawton Who will get a vaccine, and when, according to the World Health Organization’s strategyKirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Shutterstock IT IS August 2021, and the moment the world has been waiting for has finally arrived. After many false dawns, a vaccine against covid-19 has passed all the tests and is ready to…

Vaccine for major common cold virus could be ready for use by 2024

Health 11 August 2020 By Alice Klein Respiratory syncytial virus particles (blue) in human lung cellsNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A vaccine that protects against one of the main common cold viruses has been shown to be safe and effective in a clinical trial and could be…

And The COVID-19 Vaccine Winner Is: ‘BioNTech SE’

Source of the BioNTech graphic: Wikipedia. BioNTech SE (BNTX) is a Germany-based biotechnology company which has teamed up with Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to the market. There are no market or economic precedents for this pandemic or for how to estimate a value for a successful COVID-19 vaccine, or how to estimate…

Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first? It’s way trickier than you might think

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a visit to the Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies' Innovation Center, a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where components for a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are being developed, in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020.Carlos Barria | ReutersThe hunt is on for a vaccine for Covid-19, which has…

Experimental J&J vaccine protects monkeys in a single dose-study

By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO, July 30 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Thursday kicked off U.S. human safety trials for its COVID-19 vaccine after releasing details of a study in monkeys that showed its best-performing vaccine candidate offered strong protection in a single dose.When exposed to the virus, six out of six animals who got the…

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City of Cape Town urges people to leave Kataza the baboon alone

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Rassie: There are various benefits for SA rugby to go north

As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…

A Once-in-a-Century Climate ‘Anomaly’ Might Have Made World War I Even Deadlier

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