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Coronavirus | Expert View: When will a vaccine be ready?

Coronavirus | Expert View: When will a vaccine be ready?

In Focus by The Hindu

March 29, 202025m 6s

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Show Notes

As much of the world continues to be devastated by the COVID-19 contagion, work has started in a handful of labs around the world to create a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus. These efforts are progressing at unprecedented speeds thanks to international collaboration between scientists but a vaccine is still thought to be at least a year away.

In this episode we take a detailed look at the various stages that through which a vaccine must go before it can be widely distributed, and the pioneering clinical trials currently underway.

Guest: Dr. Gautam Dey, Cell Biologist, University College London

Also read: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/the-vaccine-was-rapidly-synthesised-as-novel-coronavirus-sequence-was-available/article31129228.ece

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