A Chinese candidate for the coronavirus vaccine could hit the market as early as December and will cost around £ 100 for two doses. The state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm claims the vaccine should be ready by Christmas, after final testing is completed. Officials feared the vaccine might not be ready …
Read More »Scientists claim that bats are immune to the coronavirus
This could instruct scientists on the steps they should take to come up with a cure for coronavirus. By isolating the bat genome, the scientists came to the conclusion that this animal has a unique immune system and is resistant to coronaviruses, said University of Dublin professor Emma Teeling. If …
Read More »The Russian Science Center has applied to the SZO tender for the vaccine
Clinical trials of this vaccine are scheduled to be completed in January 2021. Russia’s Chumakov Science and Research Center, which has developed a vaccine against COVID-19, has applied for an international tender announced by the World Health Organization for supplies of such a vaccine, said Aydar Ishmukhametov, president of the …
Read More »Russia has approved the drug Koronavir for the treatment of patients with Covid-19
Coronavir is one of the first drugs in Russia and in the world that does not fight the complications caused by SARS-CoV-2, but fights the virus itself. Russia has approved a new antiviral drug, Coronavir, to treat patients with Covid-19, its manufacturer R-Pharm announced today. Russia has approved a new …
Read More »Scientists in Germany have discovered a new way of testing for coronavirus
To discover a new way of testing, the scientists used a solution with which people infected with coronavirus rinsed their mouths. Martin Luther University pharmacists Halle Wittenberg have discovered a new way to test for coronavirus using mass spectrometry. The German university stated that the test is specific, as it …
Read More »The coronavirus actually changes quite slowly when compared to a viral infection such as the flu.
The coronavirus that the World Health Organization calls the number one enemy in the world is not the same virus that appeared in Wuhan in the last days of 2019. Sars-Cov-2, as the official name of the virus is, has mutated. While scientists around the world are recording thousands of …
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