Human trials will begin imminently – but even if they go well and a cure is found, there are many barriers before global immunisation is feasible
Even at their most effective – and draconian – containment strategies have only slowed the spread of the respiratory disease Covid-19. With the World Health Organization finally declaring a pandemic, all eyes have turned to the prospect of a vaccine, because only a vaccine can prevent people from getting sick.
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