More than 4,488,185 people have been infected with the virus thus far since it broke out last December. So far, 1,688,773 patients have recovered from the virus that has affected 212 countries and territories around the globe. The European Union's medicines agency suggested yesterday that a vaccine for the coronavirus could be ready in year, even as the World Health Organization warned that the disease may never go away. "We know also that there may be delays," he said, voicing scepticism over reports a vaccine could be ready as early as September. A vaccine could allow countries to fully reopen from shutdowns that have battered economies and thrown millions of people out of work.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 14, 2020 17:37 UTC