Corona situation might not be normal until second generation vaccines says Bill Gates
Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates’s statement about the state of normalcy after the Corona virus epidemic is worrying. In an interview to a TV channel, he said that until the second generation of the vaccine that is causing the coronavirus is available, the situation will not be normal.
Bill Gates told NBC that a second-generation vaccine should be widely available for common conditions. Only then can all problems caused by the corona be solved. The vaccine tested by AstraZeneca is one of the most advanced candidates in the race against the coronavirus.
The British drugmaker has signed a number of supply and manufacturing deals with companies and governments around the world, as it is close to reporting the early results of late-stage clinical trials.
Developed by the University of Oxford and licensed to AstraZeneca in April, the vaccine is expected to come first with Pfizer and BioNtech. Pfizer meanwhile has revised the protocol for late-stage studies of its vaccines. This time more young participants are being included.
The company said on Monday that it had received permission from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States to include adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 in its Global Corona Vaccine Study.