{"id":251101,"date":"2020-02-27T21:38:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=251101"},"modified":"2020-02-27T21:38:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:38:13","slug":"new-coronavirus-vaccine-is-ready-for-human-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/new-coronavirus-vaccine-is-ready-for-human-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"New Coronavirus Vaccine is Ready for Human Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

As coronavirus invades about 47 countries worldwide, drastic measures are being taken to help in treating the virus. Currently, a new coronavirus vaccine is ready to be tested in America.<\/p>\n

About The Virus<\/h3>\n

Coronavirus, despite the myths attached to it, has a fatality rate of 2%. The virus first spread in Wuhan, China in mid January 2020, and has since been detected in more than 80,000 people.<\/p>\n

While there have been some speculations over the virus and how it spread, here are some proven facts on it:<\/p>\n

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  1. Direct contact with someone infected with the virus can get you infected<\/li>\n
  2. Raw foods should be cooked thoroughly to avoid any infectious viruses.<\/li>\n
  3. Frequent use of soap and alcohol-based sanitizing gel might help prevent you from it.<\/li>\n
  4. People are advised to cough and sneeze into tissues.<\/li>\n
  5. There are no known cases of pets infecting their owners.<\/li>\n
  6. The common flu kills 60 times more people.<\/li>\n
  7. In most cases, people with a weak immune system are affected greatly by the virus.<\/li>\n
  8. Presently there are no known vaccines or medication can help prevent the virus.<\/li>\n
  9. The airborne droplets of fluids don’t last too long for it to affect users of public transport and other properties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    ALSO READ<\/p>\n

    In the Line of Duty: Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Gets Coronavirus [Video]<\/a><\/p>\n

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    A Groundbreaking Record; New Coronavirus Vaccine<\/h3>\n

    In just 42 days, after the virus was first detected in China, an American bio-tech firm has developed a new coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine is ready for phase-1, in which it will be tested on humans to research its effects.<\/p>\n

    Researchers from Moderna sent the vaccine called mRNA-1273 sent the vaccine to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for testing in just 6 weeks.<\/p>\n

    It will be ready for testing as early as April and will be tested on a group of 45 people. Volunteers will be randomly given the drug or a placebo for the successful monitoring of the vaccine. They will be monitored for a period of ten days, with checkups scheduled every two days.<\/p>\n

    In the past, researchers took over 20 months to develop a vaccine ready for human testing, for viral diseases like SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). Even-though SARS has had a mortality rate of about 10%, with new and advanced technology, it has become easier for the firm to develop a vaccine. There’s a dire need, at a global level, to have vaccines ready and any and every virus or bacteria that might affect people in the future.<\/p>\n

    Here’s what the president of Moderna, Dr. Stephen Hoge said about the vaccine:<\/p>\n

    mRNA is really like a software molecule in biology. So our vaccine is like the software program to the body, which then goes and makes the [viral] proteins that can generate an immune response.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    With the new genetic method of producing vaccines that create proteins in the body to fight the virus, people have found hope when they need it the most.<\/p>\n

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