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W.H.O and partners launch a health technologies pool: COVID-19

As the world races to create a vaccine, the World Health Organization and partners have launched the COVID-19 Technology Access pool. It's an initiative aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatment

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APD | President Duterte optimistic China will lead in vaccine development

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaPresident Rodrigo Duterte said he believes China will be the first among countries developing a vaccine to stop the dreaded COVID-19.Speaking

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Premier Li: COVID-19 vaccine to be developed as global public good

Virus knows no borders, and the unknown of COVID-19 is greater than the known, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday, adding that China is open to international cooperation in the pandemic a

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EU, Japan call for solidarity, cooperation and multilateralism to defeat coronavirus

The leaders of the European Union and Japan said on Tuesday that global solidarity, cooperation, and effective multilateralism are required to defeat the coronavirus.

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India's COVID-19 fatality rate among lowest in the world: Health Ministry

India has about 0.3 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 of population which is among the lowest in the world, against the statistics of 4.4 deaths per 100,000 population for t

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Thai COVID-19 vaccine researchers to conduct tests on humans later this year

Thai COVID-19 vaccine research team on Monday said it will be recruiting human beings for vaccine trials later this year following an ongoing three months test on monk

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South Africa to ease COVID-19 restrictions further from June 1

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. /Photo Courtesy: South African Presidency South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced plans by the government to further ease lockdown restri

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China's COVID-19 vaccine trial shows promising results: The Lancet

China's COVID-19 vaccine trial, the first such vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial, has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-COV-2 in humans

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Urgent: China's COVID-19 vaccine trial shows promising results -- The Lancet

China's COVID-19 vaccine trial, the first such vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial, has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune respo

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Italy has come out of worst part of virus emergency: PM

Italy has left the worst part of the COVID-19 emergency behind and as lockdown restrictions are slowly lifted the country must now enter the new phase with confidence a

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China's COVID-19 vaccine to become global public good when available: Xi

COVID-19 vaccine development and deployment in China, when available, will be made a global public good, which will be China's contribution to ensuring vaccine accessi

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U.S. Federal Reserve chief warns recovery could stretch until end 2021

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to reporters in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. /Reuters The U.S. economy will recover from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Three COVID-19 vaccines in phase II clinical trials in Beijing

Three COVID-19 vaccines have entered phase II clinical trials in Beijing, a municipal health official said on Sunday.Xu Qiang, head of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, said

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NHC: WHO never asked to visit a P4 lab in China

The World Health Organization (WHO) never asked to visit a specific lab in China and allegations that China denied WHO experts a visit to the P4 lab in Wuhan are against the facts, officials from the

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Israeli university, Swiss firm team up to advance COVID-19 vaccine

Israel's Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Neovii, a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company, announced on Thursday that they have signed an agreement to advance a patent-ba

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Coronavirus vaccine takes at least one year: European Medicines Agency

A COVID-19 vaccine might be ready and available in at least one year, the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday. "Vaccine development timelines are difficult to predict,

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U.S. expert says race to find vaccine still needs to be careful

01:42 There are over 100 different vaccines are under development and at least eight of them are already in human trials globally, according to the World Health Organization.Pfizer, an