The government has revealed plans to participate in an ongoing Covid-19 trial of a US vaccine that has shown promise against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The news was announced yesterday by Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman as the country recorded 461 new cases, bringing the total tally to 11,252. At the same time, Dr Aman announced that seven more people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 209. Further, 51 patients have been discharged from various hospitals after testing negative for the virus, bringing to 3,068 the number of recoveries. Aman revealed that so far, 450 health workers are infected with coronavirus and four have died of the disease.

Source: Standard Digital July 16, 2020 00:00 UTC