Thailand's COVID-19 vaccine production to start in mid

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"Every government rightly wants to do everything it can to protect its people", Tedros told a virtual press conference.

Moscow's Gamaleya Research Institute, which serves under the Russian health ministry, said in a release that worldwide markets will be able to purchase the serum for $10 per dose, with patients requiring two.

The jab is still undergoing post-registration trials, with more than 19,000 out of the 40,000 participating volunteers having received both doses of either the vaccine or placebo so far.

"With the latest positive news from vaccine trials, the light at the end of this long dark tunnel is growing brighter".

G20 nations must help plug a $4.5 billion funding gap for a WHO-led program to distribute coronavirus vaccines and pave the way for an end to the pandemic, a letter seen by AFP on Friday said.

"The significance of this scientific achievement can not be overstated". The state government had also proposed setting up three new regional vaccine stores - Bengaluru Urban, Shivamogga and Bellary, he added. "We have already requested the union government to provide information to have an exact assessment of the cold storage capacity required for Covid-19 vaccine programme, number of doses in each vial, the volume of a vial etc", he said.

"The support of governments, partners, and private sector will be paramount to transport vaccines for deadly diseases such as measles, diphtheria, and tetanus, as well as for COVID-19, as efficiently as possible", Kadilli said.

According to the World Health Organization chief, some United States $4.3 billion is needed immediately to support the mass procurement and delivery of vaccines, tests and treatments, while additional USA $23.8 billion will be needed next year.

The summit pledged to support poor countries whose economies have been ravaged by the crisis, but offered little detail.