Doubts about the possibility of a viable vaccine are constantly rising on the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) hasn’t approved any drugs or treatment for the novel coronavirus yet. The Health Body has informed that it has tested a number of methods to treat coronavirus but has not yet approved any drugs or treatments.
It’s a race against time; the novel coronavirus has claimed lives of more than 300,000 and has affected more than 4 million people worldwide, causing top scientists to fast-track the process of producing a vaccine. Medical experts and scientists around the globe, including in Pakistan, are constantly trying to develop a vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic. US pharmaceutical company has also allowed Pakistan’s BF Biosciences to develop a remedial drug to prevent coronavirus.
The World Health Organization is reviewing clinical trials of all the drugs developed to treat coronavirus in different countries. The health body will only approve a drug after a thorough review of the effects, benefits, and harms of vaccines.
The role of the World Health Organization is positive in raising awareness regarding the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and in addressing the plight of the affected countries. It is inappropriate to use or advertise a medicine manufactured by any country until it has been approved by the World Health Organization.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently facing the world’s biggest challenge in eradicating this terrible epidemic. US President Donald Trump has also hinted at restoring the funds with a 10 percent cut that was recently withheld.
The World Health Organisation has also warned against spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practiced in some countries, saying it does not eliminate the new coronavirus and that it poses a health risk.
The world health body is unable to give a definitive opinion on the extinction of the coronavirus. That’s why the WHO had warned that the coronavirus may never go away and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it. If this is true, then the development of a vaccine to prevent the disease is essential. Because the coronavirus pandemic can be more devastating to the world.
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