WHO says there may never be a 'silver bullet' for COVID-19

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday (Aug 3) that while there were strong hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine, there might never ...

File illustration of a woman holding a small bottle labelled Vaccine COVID-19 and a medical syringe. GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned on Monday that while there were strong hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine, there might never be a"silver bullet" for the coronavirus that has infected millions around the world.

"There is no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be," director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news briefing from the UN body's headquarters in Geneva.

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