Coronavirus — Expert View | When will a vaccine be ready? | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

March 28, 2020 10:17 pm | Updated 10:17 pm IST

As much of the world continues to be devastated by the COVID-19 contagion, work has started in a handful of labs around the world to create a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus. These efforts are progressing at unprecedented speeds thanks to international collaboration between scientists but a vaccine is still thought to be at least a year away.

In this episode we take a detailed look at the various stages that through which a vaccine must go before it can be widely distributed, and the pioneering clinical trials currently underway.

Guest : Dr. Gautam Dey , Cell Biologist, University College London

Also read: Coronavirus | Vaccine was rapidly synthesised as novel coronavirus sequence was available, says virologist Gagandeep Kang

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