UK Begins COVID-19 Human Vaccine Trial This Week

Human trials of a potential vaccine for the coronavirus will this week begin in the U.K. later this week. British Health Minister Matt Hancock said Tuesday that a vaccine developed by researchers at Oxford University will be tested on people on Thursday. “In normal times, reaching this stage would take years, and I’m very proud … Read more

Coronavirus: Africa Not Testing Ground For Any Vaccine – WHO

#COVID2019: No Country Will Be Spared, Warns WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has berated recent comments made by scientists suggesting a vaccine for the new coronavirus should be tested in Africa as “racist” and a hangover from the “colonial mentality”. “Africa cannot and will not be a testing ground for any vaccine. We will follow all the rules … Read more