Coronavirus vaccine update: Covid drug, AstraZeneca vaccine current status

Coronavirus vaccine latest update: AstraZeneca has approached Gilead Sciences over a potential merger. It also says it is on track to roll out 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines in September

The total number of coronavirus cases across the world has now crossed the 7-million mark. A little more than five months have passed since the world first learnt of the deadly SARS-CoV-2 infection. Since then, researchers are scrambling to produce vaccine and also to repurpose existing treatments to help fight the uncontrollable virus. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are move than 115 teams speeding up efforts to produce a vaccine or an effective drug for Covid-19 treatment. Major pharmaceutical companies such as Gilead Sciences, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna are rushing to find a successful vaccine and some