Race for a cure

The Oli administration needs to be on its toes about the latest vaccine developments.

A pandemic-battered world on Monday welcomed the announcement by United States drug maker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech that their vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19. The findings, based on preliminary data from late-stage human trials, have shown no serious safety concerns so far, according to the developers who described it as a 'great day for science and humanity'.