A good news has been shared with the media, at regular press briefing in Geneva, just 60 days after the genetic sequence of COVID-19 was shared by China, the first vaccine trial has begun.
The UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebrevesus called it “an incredible achievement” and urged the world to maintain “the same spirit of solidarity” that has helped fight Ebola.
At the regular press briefing in Geneva, UN World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebrevesus , said that more than 200,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported worldwide and over 8,000 deaths.
He explained that because multiple small trials of the coronavirus vaccine with different methodologies may not provide the evidence needed, WHO and partners are organising a study to compare untested treatments throughout several countries.
The WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebrevesus on COVID-19 said, “This large, international study is designed to generate the robust data we need to show which treatments are the most effective”.
He further added, “We have called this study the SOLIDARITY trial.” And to date, Argentina, Bahrain, Canada, France, Iran, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand have confirmed their participation.”
The WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebrevesus said, “To suppress and control epidemics, countries must isolate, test, treat and trace”, otherwise “transmission chains can continue at a low level, then resurge once physical distancing measures are lifted”.
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Don’t go to classes in schools, colleges, and universities and emphasise on online classes. Cancel going out in events, weddings, festivals, and parades.
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