Luiz Augusto Rizzo, 29, is no specialist in infectious diseases, but he is part of perhaps the most important scientific endeavor in the world today: the hunt for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
Luiz Augusto Rizzo, a doctor and volunteer of the clinical trial of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, poses for a picture in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Developers and researchers are looking to places like Brazil, where the new coronavirus is still spreading fast, to test potential vaccines. “There probably won’t be a cure... They said the only way is to have a vaccine, and you need to test, you need to make the most of those who are healthy, those who are able to tick all the boxes needed to participate,” he said.
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