Scientists from China and the United States are working together to develop a new type of coronavirus called & quot; Wuhan Pneumonia & quot; that has so far killed at least 26 people and infected hundreds of people in China.
National Institutes of Health: vaccine can enter human testing as soon as three months later
Up to now, there is no effective treatment for coronaviruses that are contagious and present pneumonia symptoms. Medical experts advise major hospitals to isolate suspected patients. Despite rising death numbers, the world health organization on thursday refused to declare a global public health emergency. As of Thursday, confirmed cases had been found in Hong Kong, Macao, TW, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States. Japan confirmed a second case friday. Peter Hotez, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, told China`s official Xinhua news agency that the Baylor College of Medicine is working with the U.S. University of Texas, the U.S. New York Blood Center and China`s Shanghai Fudan University to develop the vaccine.Hotz:& quot;& quot; vaccine research and development is a long process, and we don`t know if we can find vaccine before the end of the epidemic. The National Institutes of Health (US National Institutes of Health) also began developing anti-coronary vaccine, the South China Morning Post reported, and its director, Anthony Fauci, told the media:`Work has begun and & quot; is expected to enter the first pilot phase in three months. The first case of pneumonia in Wuhan was found on Tuesday, with a sick man from Washington state having been to Wuhan before. The second suspected case was in texas, a university student from wuhan.
Dayan comprehensive report 24.01.2020
