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How close are we to finding a coronavirus vaccine?

After more than six months coronavirus was first identified, scientists are yet to announce a vaccine that will prevent the spread of the deadly disease. But with almost a dozen candidates in the clinical trial phase, hopes are growing for that a vaccine will be available soon.

United Kingdom

Pfizer hopes to seek approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in mid-November

NEW: Pfizer says it hopes to seek authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine in mid-November

The Cube

Facebook to ban paid anti-vax ads but not posts

The latest policy is an extension of Facebook's rules that ban adverts about vaccine "hoaxes".

USA

COVID-19 vaccine trial suspended after 'unexplained illness'

Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is one of four candidate vaccines in advance stages of testing and was supposed to yield results early next year.

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COVID-19 vaccine won't immediately end the pandemic, experts say

A COVID-19 vaccine might be the best chance to return to normal, but scientists warn that there are still many challenges to developing one and distributing it.

China

COVID-19 vaccine 'will be ready by early 2021', says Chinese company

Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, said he was confident that the vaccine would be available in the European Union.

World News

Experts say public confidence key to distributing COVID-19 vaccine

With scientists racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, leaders face the unprecedented challenge of manufacturing and distributing a vaccine worldwide. Euronews will speak to some of the world's leading experts to find out what hurdles we face and what solutions can be found.

World News

COVID-19 vaccines: US, China and Russia absent from WHO's COVAX scheme

COVAX aims to make 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine available by the end of next year, although rich countries are said to have reserved more than half of the world’s global capacity.

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Rich nations have bought half of future COVID-19 vaccine doses - Oxfam

Charities are calling for an overhaul of corporate practices so that a 'People's Vaccine' is available to everyone.

Germany

Police put end to march against coronavirus restrictions in Munich

Police had tried to ban the march but the city court allowed it to go ahead with a limit of 1,000 participants — authorities estimated 3,000 turned up.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: Oxford University to resume trials of vaccine

In large trials like this one, "it is expected that some participants will become unwell and every case must be carefully evaluated to ensure careful assessment of safety," the university said.

World News

Schinas promises 'affordable and equitable' access to COVID-19 vaccine

The vice president of the European Commission has reassured citizens that the rollout of a future coronavirus vaccine will be fair and well organised, and admitted the frustration felt within the EU executive at the chaos in healthcare at the beginning of the pandemic.

World News

Oxford University vaccine trial halted after participant falls ill

AstraZeneca, who is running the trials, is investigating whether the COVID-19 candidate vaccine recipient's "potentially unexplained” illness is a result of receiving the shot.

Russia

Russia's COVID-19 vaccine: Trial results 'encouraging but small'

A peer review of trials of the Sputnik V vaccine published in The Lancet reports promising results, but adds that more work is needed.

European Union

Europe's week: Vaccine nationalism, poison politics & Charlie Hebdo

Our bureau in Brussels takes a look at some of the key stories in Europe this week.

World

Drugmakers ask EU to loosen rules for COVID-19 vaccine

Consumer groups worry it could set a dangerous precedent.

USA

US government asks states to be ready to distribute vaccines by Nov. 1

The US government told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1.

Russia

Coronavirus cases in Russia pass the one million mark

Russia has now had more than one million confirmed cases of coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, the fourth-highest total in the world.

Russia

Russia's COVID-19 vaccine: Muscovites urged to take part in trial

Russia became the first country in the world to give a government go-ahead for a COVID-19 vaccine on August 11.

USA

Donald Trump announces emergency COVID-19 plasma treatment

The treatment involves using blood from recovered COVID-19 patients who have built antibodies against the virus and infuse it into people with coronavirus.