The World Health Organisation WHO has revealed that Vaccines against COVID-19 are being developed across the world today.
Dr. Fiona Braka, leader of the Immunization Team of the Organisation said there are currently 89 vaccines being developed in different countries of the world against COVID-19.
She said some of these vaccines are under clinical trials already while others are about to be trialled.
At the Press briefing of the PTF COVID/19, she said; “ill like to say research and development is an important aspect of the response and researchers are working hard on vaccines and therapeutics.”.
According to her, the WHO has also started a Solidarity Trial to help find treatment for COVID-19. This trial involves the testing of drugs on COVID-19 patients to see if they’ll have positive effects. An example of such drugs is Remdesivir which has been found to be effective in bringing COVID-19 symptoms down.
Dr. Braka said 1200 patients have been tried with likely treatments, and revealed that Nigeria has also indicated interest in the trial.
She said she remains optimistic with the amount of research going on; though no known drug has proved to be effective against the virus a Vaccine will soon be discovered.
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