Vaccine Updates
Russia
"Russian health authorities are preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in October, the health minister has said.
Russian media quoted Mikhail Murashko as saying that doctors and teachers would be the first to receive the vaccine.
Reuters, citing anonymous sources, said Russia's first potential vaccine would be approved by regulators this month."
USA
"Dr Fauci has said that the US should have a "safe and effective" vaccine by the end of this year. "
UK
"AstraZeneca has reported that it has obtained ‘good data so far’ on its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, which was licensed from the University of Oxford and is currently in large-scale clinical studies.
The potential vaccine has entered its final trial in Brazil, with studies ongoing in the UK and South Africa.
On a media call, AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot said: “The vaccine development is progressing well. We have had good data so far. We need to show the efficacy in the clinical programme, but so far, so good.” "