The Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government has decided to establish a continental anti-COVID-19 fund to be used in the battle against the novel coronaviru
China has strengthened international cooperation in the research and development of vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to an official Thursday. Vaccines are key
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that his government will allot 192 million Canadian dollars (132 million U.S. dollars) on the development and production of vaccines and treat
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pledged to invest five billion euros (5.35 billion U.S. dollars) over the next decade in bolstering scientific research against the backdrop of the coron
The development of an mRNA-based vaccine to treat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is progressing steadily with preliminary trials on primates and clinical trials expected to start in mid-
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned on Monday that seven companies have been selling fraudulent COVID-19 products that pose "significant risks t
Congress on Wednesday approved $8.3 billion in emergency funding to respond to the spreading novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has already sickened eighty people across thirteen states and killed nin
Different from SARS, MERS or influenza, COVID-19 is "a unique virus with unique characteristics," the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said here on Tuesday
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for greater breakthroughs in the development of efficient detection reagents, effective drugs and vaccines to fight the nov
30:10 Nearly two months after the first case of the new form of the coronavirus was identified in China's Hubei province, The Agenda speaks to Dr Osman Dar, a consultant in Internation
A coronavirus vaccine is being tested on animals in east China's Zhejiang Province, Song Zhiheng, deputy secretary of Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province, said in a press confer
Chinese scientists are racing to develop vaccines against the novel coronavirus by adopting five technological approaches, a senior National Health Commission official
The World Health Organization (WHO) suggested on Thursday to strike a balance of investment in simple public health interventions and in vaccine development, to fight COVID-19. "It's a matter of str
China had allocated 80.55 billion yuan (about 11.53 billion U.S. dollars) of fiscal funds as of Thursday to support the nationwide battle against the novel coronavirus
The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said it will use reserve funds amounting to 10.3 billion yen (about 93.8 million U.S. dollars) to cover mea
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the first vaccines for the novel coronavirus could be ready in 18 months. In the meantime, he tweeted
Chinese authorities Monday stressed further increasing the production and supply of key medical prevention and control materials, strengthening the deployment of medic