04/09/20: COVID-19 Vaccine Frontrunners
I’m Nick and this is your European COVID-19 update. All data from JHU CCSE.
Europe
712,017 confirmed cases ( + 32,065 from yesterday)
166,081 recovered
60,549 deceased
Most heavily affected countries
This is where I share something that inspires me in these challenging times.
This is my way of saying: “Sure, the world’s on fire - but look, there’s also this”.
One of the most uplifting aspects in the big hot mess that is the COVID-19 pandemic, is the speed at which scientists globally are making progress towards a vaccine. While many of our political leaders have shown to be incapable of rising to the occasion, science is making faster progress than ever and working diligently to find a way to protect us from the SARS-NCoV-19 virus.
Below you’ll find a quick overview of some of the work currently underway, and I hope you’ll find the sheer length of that list as uplifting as I do!
[the-scientist.com] COVID-19 Vaccine Frontrunners
Below is an overview of all frontrunner in the race towards a vaccine, lifted directly from this article on the-scientist.com
Four vaccine candidates—two in the US, one in China, and one in the UK—have been approved for early testing in people. Several others are close on their heels.
That’s it for today! Wash your hands and, please, be kind 🥰
Nick (from Sunny Singapore)