What’s the status of Covid vaccine development? Efforts going into Covid vaccine development are unprecedented. We have played a key role in establishing a Covid Vaccine Global Access Facility (Covax Facility). AstraZeneca, which is developing a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with the University of Oxford, became the first vaccine manufacturer to sign up to the AMC with a guarantee to provide 300 million doses of vaccine upon licensure. Disruption of essential health services such as immunisation could bring a real risk of losing hard-won gains, leading to resurgence of diseases.

Source: Hindustan Times June 08, 2020 06:01 UTC