It is not certain that scientists will be able to create an effective vaccine against the coronavirus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, but it could take a year before one were to be invented, the head of the World Health Organisation said. Speaking by video-conference to deputies from the …

Moderna Inc said on Thursday it was partnering with contract drugmaker Catalent Inc to prepare an initial 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine for the United States, starting in the third quarter of this year. Catalent will fill and package doses, support production, and provide additional staffing for around-the-clock …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment announced, on Thursday, that Covid-19 death toll and caseload reached 1437 and 39139 respectively, since the beginning of the outbreak in the country. In a statement received by AlghdeerTv, the ministry stated that 11370 tests were performed today, 2437 among which showed positive …

Who would be the first to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Probably people in the country where the first effective vaccine is developed. About a dozen different vaccines are in various stages of testing worldwide, including in Britain, China, and the U.S. This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious …

Russia’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine will create immunity for more than two years, according to the director of Moscow’s Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which developed the drug with the Ministry of Defense. Alexander Ginzburg, the research center’s director, explained that the vaccine will be administered to humans twice – …

Iraq registered, on Tuesday, 1862 new cases and 84 fatalities of Covid-19, as well as 968 recoveries in the past 24 hours. The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment said in a statement, that 10672 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed tests Thus, since the beginning …

Serbians started casting ballots on Sunday in the first national elections in the European continent since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the ruling Progressives and Socialists as the only party targeting double-digit results. Regular parliamentary elections in Serbia, along with provincial elections in Vojvodina Province and local elections …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered today, Sunday, 87 fatalities and 1646 new cases of Covid-19. In a statement received by AlghdeerTV, the Ministry said that 10027 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed tests since the beginning of the outbreak in the country to …

An inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Institute of Medical Biology under the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has entered phase-2 clinical trials in China, the Science and Technology Daily reported Saturday. The phase-2 trials, which further evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the vaccine in humans, are conducted …

US President Donald Trump’s campaign says six staff members helping set up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus. The campaign’s communications director, Tim Murtaugh, said in a statement that “quarantine procedures” were immediately initiated and no staff member who tested positive would attend …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered, on Friday, 69 fatalities and 1635 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. In a statement received by AlghdeerTV, the Ministry said that 11226 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed tests since the beginning of the …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment announced today, Friday, that the Russian Covid-19 drug will be available in Iraq by the end of next week. The official Iraqi News agency quoted the minister of health, Hassan al-Tamimi, saying that, “the Russian drug is currently manufactured in Iraq and will …

A specialized medical team performed today, in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Karbala, a successful cesarean delivery for a Covid-19 patient. The director of the hospital, Ibrahim Al-Rikabi, said in a statement received by Alghdeer that the hospital performed the first caesarean section for a 23-year-old Covid-19 patient, after …

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed today, Friday, that the second wave of Covid-19 is not inevitable; contrasting its previous warning of a possible second wave of the pandemic. “The situation today is not better than it was at the beginning of the year, while no vaccine or treatment were …

he Iraqi Ministry of Health registered today, 83 Covid-19 fatalities, which is the highest daily death count since the beginning of the outbreak. 1463 infections and 563 recoveries were also registered. In a statement received by ALghdeerTV, the ministry called on the citizens to, “support the healthcare authorities and institutes …

A genetic analysis of COVID-19 patients suggests that blood type might influence whether someone develops a severe disease. Scientists who compared the genes of thousands of patients in Europe found that those who had Type A blood were more likely to have severe disease while those with Type O were …

World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Iraq, Adham Ismail, revealed today, that COVID-19’s Russian drug, which Baghdad is intending to import, is not approved by international health committees yet. Ismail said that, “the Russian treatment improves the mortality, but does not reduce the severity of the symptoms”, stressing that, “the …

The World Health Organization is looking at interim data from its large multi-country trial of the combination of HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir to treat COVID-19 patients, the UN agency’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday. Her comments come after the WHO on Wednesday stopped testing of the malaria …

Beijing has published a slew of measures to tighten the control of personnel flow after new clusters of COVID-19 infections emerged, according to a press conference Thursday. People belonging to three categories are not allowed to leave Beijing, according to Pan Xuhong, deputy head and spokesperson of the municipal public …

Beijing’s two major airports canceled two-thirds of all their flights Wednesday, and the government has also shut down schools as the Chinese city faces a new COVID-19 outbreak. More than 60% of flights at Beijing Capital International Airport were canceled Wednesday, while around half of all flights were canceled at …