About 180 different COVID-19 vaccines are being developed worldwide today
There are currently about 180 vaccines against the coronavirus being developed worldwide, 35 of them are undergoing trials on humans, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing in Geneva on Thursday.
"Around 180 vaccines are now in development, including 35 that are in human trials," he said. "No disease in history has seen such rapid development in research," the Director General stated, according to TASS news agency report.
According to the Director General, this "is a testament to the incredible advances in science and technology the world has made in recent years." In relation with that he urged to provide access to vaccines to as many people as possible. Mentioning the ACT Accelerator international partnership initiated by the WHO in April in order to expand access to tools of fighting the coronavirus, he noted that this mechanism "will not be able to deliver on its goals without a significant increase in funding."