Employee Philipp Hoffmann, of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020 ReutersIt would take a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine, the AP added, citing public health officialsA clinical trial to evaluate a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin on Monday, the Associated Press reported, citing an unnamed US government official. Dozens of research groups around the world are racing to create a vaccine as Covid-19 cases continue to grow. Importantly, they’re pursuing different types of vaccines — shots developed from new technologies that not only are faster to produce than traditional inoculations but might prove more potent. The United States and Germany are vying to produce an exclusive vaccine which is being developed in a German laboratory, Die Welt daily reported Saturday. The German government promised Sunday to defend itself against alleged attempts by Trump to buy exclusive rights to a German company's research into a vaccine against the coronavirus.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 16, 2020 04:41 UTC