Published 11:29 IST, July 29th 2020
Trump says US may supply COVID-19 vaccine to other countries once ready
US President Donald Trump has said his country may provide a vaccine for novel coronavirus to other countries when it is ready.This comes as US cases crossed 4M
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US President Donald Trump has said his country may provide a vaccine for vel coronavirus to or countries when it is rey. American leer has previously expressed possibility of a vaccine before end of 2020. Speaking at a press briefing on July 28, Trump said that when y have a vaccine, it will be discharged and taken care of.
Speaking about disseminating it to or countries, he said “it will be a rapid process all over country. Speaking furr he said, "perhaps we’ll be supplying a lot of vaccines to or parts of world as we do with ventilators and or things that we all of a sudden have become good at making”. US which has reported 152,320 deaths so far due to coronavirus has said that vaccine might be available by end of 2020 or 2021.
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Phase 3 of trial
On July 27, National Institutes of Health (NIH) said that US scientists have begun phase three trial of potential vaccine developed by biotech company Moderna. NIH reportedly plans to conduct trial at multiple US clinics with participation of approximately 30,000 ult volunteers who are t affected by COVID-19.
This comes to Trump recently pushed unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug was an effective treatment and challenging credibility of nation's leing infectious disease expert. Numerous studies, meanwhile, have shown that drug, hydroxychloroquine, is t an effective treatment for COVID-19, disease caused by coronavirus. And U.S. Food and Drug ministration recently withdrew an order that allowed drug's use as an emergency treatment for COVID-19.
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Im credits: AP
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11:29 IST, July 29th 2020