vaccine research

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched a grant to fund research for the development of vaccines and drugs for infectious diseases and other diseases in the country. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele made this known at the inauguration…

South Africa, country with the highest coronavirus cases in Africa, has announced plans to roll out the continent’s first coronavirus vaccine trial this week. The vaccine, developed by the Oxford Jenner Institute in the United Kingdom,…

UK medicine regulators have approved Britain’s first medicine to treat coronavirus, Remdesivir – a drug initially designed to treat Ebola virus victims. The clinical trials of remdesivir showed that the drug can shorten recovery time…

Babcock University in Ogun State has put together a team of researchers to find treatment for the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. Vice Chancellor of Prof. Ademola Tayo disclosed this in statement on Tuesday through Joshua…

President of Philippine, Rodrigo Duterte has announced the closure of all schools in the country until a vaccine for coronavirus is ready. Duterte, speaking during a late-night television address on Monday, said sending children to…

Scientists at a California biotech company say it has found an antibody that completely blocks coronavirus, a finding they now call a ‘cure,’ it has emerged. Sorrento Therapeutics, based in San Diego, claims the antibody dubbed as …

Researchers in Hong Kong have found that patients suffering milder effects from coronavirus recover quickly when treated with a three-drug antiviral combination. The combination was discovered by a team of doctors in Hong Kong, CNN…

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, has said no medication has been licenced for treating COVID-19 patients in the country. Dr Aliyu stated this on Wednesday during an appearance…

An Australia-based biotech company Mesoblast announced that it has began clinical trials for its stem cell therapy remestemcel-L in the treatment of COVID-19 patients experiencing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).…

President Donald Trump has on Sunday predicted that the United States will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. Trump in a Fox News “town hall” show broadcast from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC stated; We are…

World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Nigeria has expressed interest to be part of the global solidarity trial of the vaccines being developed to combat COVID-19. Speaking on Friday at the joint national briefing of the…

American business magnate and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has on Thursday said it could take as long as two years or at least nine months before a vaccine can be fully developed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Gates stated that…

An antiviral drug originally designed to treat Ebola virus has shown positive data in experimental treatment of coronavirus patients. The drug manufacturer Gilead Sciences said preliminary results from their phase 3 trial of the…

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said Nigeria has the potential to produce vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19 if the education sector had been duly funded on all levels. Abiodun Ogunyemi, ASUU president, said this…