Coronavirus Notebook: WHO Adds More Drugs To Solidarity Trial, COVAX Ups Vaccine Supplies To Africa
Executive Summary
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations is working with China’s ZerunBio to develop prototype and variant vaccine candidates, and Australia believes MSD’s molnupiravir could be a potential treatment for COVID-19. The European Medicines Agency is looking into more possible side effects with two mRNA vaccines.
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