No Guarantee Any Coronavirus Vaccine in Development Will Work: WHO Chief

Top health organization has no guarantee whether any single COVID-19 vaccine now in development will work, says World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

While the world is patiently waiting for an effective COVID-19 vaccine hoping that it will contain the spread of the contagious disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says, they have no guarantee whether the coronavirus vaccine that is in the development stage will be effective or not.//

"The more candidates we test, the greater the chance we will have of a safe and efficacious vaccine," he added.

COVID Vaccines Of China Could be Ready by November
The general population in China may start getting access to the locally prepared COVID-19 vaccines from November or December.

TOP INSIGHT

Around 200 vaccines for COVID-19 are currently in clinical and pre-clinical testing.

According to the WHO, nearly 200 vaccines for COVID-19 are currently in clinical and pre-clinical testing.

"The vaccine development history tells us that some will fail, and some will succeed," stated Ghebreyesus.

A new scheme known as COVAX was launched by WHO, in collaboration with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and global vaccine alliance group Gavi.

COVID Vaccine Will be Ready by 'Start of Next Year' In India
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that the coronavirus vaccine will be made available in the country by the start of next year.

The main aim of the collaboration is to speed up the COVID-19 vaccine development and enable fair access for every country in the world.

The COVAX Facility allows governments to spread the risk of vaccine development and assure their populations can have early access to effective vaccines.

Health Experts React To Russian Covid Vaccine Cautiously
Cautiously after the news of Russia registering the world's first Covid-19 vaccine, Indian health experts stressed that it would be too early to say if it is safe or not as adequate testing didn't take place.

The facility will help to bring the novel coronavirus pandemic under control, save lives, accelerate economic recovery, and guarantee that the race for vaccines is a collaboration, not a contest, according to the WHO chief.

"The fastest route to ending the COVID pandemic and quickening the global economic recovery is to assure some people are vaccinated in all countries, not all people in some countries," he noted.

Clinical Trials of Covid Vaccine Begins In India
For India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, two volunteers were given its first dose at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on Monday.

Source-Medindia