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New coronavirus looks set to cause a pandemic – how do we control it?

By Debora MacKenzie The new coronavirus, as imaged by an electron microscopeZhu et al/NEJM © 2020, Massachusetts Medical Society The new coronavirus may be about to go global. Speaking at a press conference earlier this week, Gabriel Leung at the University of Hong Kong said that without “substantial, draconian measures limiting population mobility” – even… Read More »

Swiss pharmaceutical giant warns finding a coronavirus vaccine will take ‘over a year’

The chief executive of Novartis believes it will take at least 12 months to find a new vaccine to treat the coronavirus, with the fast-spreading nature of the outbreak a threat that must be taken “really seriously.” China’s National Health Commission confirmed Wednesday that the coronavirus had infected 5,974 people, with 132 deaths and 103… Read More »