Hopes for a coronavirus vaccine before Christmas have been dashed by a World Health Organization expert. Mike Ryan, head of WHO’s emergencies programme, said the first use of a Covid-19 vaccine cannot be expected until early 2021. He noted that several vaccines are now in phase three trials and none have failed so far in … Read more
Bill Gates has warned that any vaccine against coronavirus could take several doses to be effective, as he described ‘serious mistakes’ made by the Trump administration and said some schools may not be back to normal until the fall of 2021. The Microsoft founder, who now directs much of his time and energy to his … Read more
A Covid-19 vaccine could be rolled out for vulnerable Britons before it gets approved by medical regulators, according to the UK’s vaccine tsar. Normally, it takes up to two years before a medication is given the green light by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the UK’s drugs watchdog. But experts believe a Covid-19 jab … Read more
Chinese Nationals Li Xiaoyu (above), 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 31, allegedly stole ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of trade secrets, intellectual property, and other valuable business information’ in a sophisticated, decade-long scheme The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it has charged two Chinese hackers with trying to steal US COVID-19 research as well as other … Read more
Professor Sarah Gilbert said it would not be safe for them to do a so-called ‘challenge trial’ of Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate An Oxford academic today dismissed the idea of deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to test the university’s experimental vaccine because no treatment currently exists to keep patients safe. Hopes of ending the Covid-19 … Read more
Hopes of ending the Covid-19 pandemic with a vaccine grew today after promising data revealed Oxford University’s experimental jab is safe and provokes an immune reaction that lasts for at least two months. Hugely-anticipated clinical trial results of the vaccine — one of the front-runners in the world’s race for a jab — revealed more … Read more
More than a quarter of people in the UK may refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus, a worrying survey reveals. Results will be released today for a global frontrunner vaccine, developed at Oxford University, showing whether it is safe and triggers a positive immune response. But shocking figures show, even if this first step is … Read more
Russia’s ambassador to the UK says there is ‘no sense’ in claims his country tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research Andrei Kelin said there was ‘no sense’ in the allegations made by Britain, the United States and Canada about the Russian intelligence services Western allies claimed hackers known as the Dukes or Cozy Bear had … Read more
British spies were able to detect a Russian cyber attack on a university involved in testing for a coronavirus vaccine after installing a security shield around the facility, it emerged last night. Intelligence services feared a possible hacking attempt in March as the pandemic spread throughout the country, as reported by The Times. A cyber-shield … Read more
Kenneth Frazier, Merck’s CEO, warned that progress on prototype vaccines may be overhyped as it’s not yet clear how effective they are (file) COVID-19 vaccines under development are not guaranteed to work and people who say to expect a vaccine before year-end are doing a ‘grave disservice to the public,’ drugmaker Merck’s chief executive officer … Read more