Coronavirus: Why Africans should take part in vaccine trials

Joice Etutu explains why Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa are both important and controversial.

China says coronavirus vaccine trials to start around late April  RFIFastest coronavirus vaccine to submit for clinical trials around late April  CGTNChina's Vice Technology Minister Says Coronavirus Vaccine Submitted for Clinical Trials in April  Sputnik InternationalVaccination and the immune system | AFP Animé  AFP News AgencyChina: Coronavirus vaccine for clinical trials late April  Bangkok PostView Full coverage on Google News

>Scientists at the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) and their colleagues from across the globe have finished doing the tuberculosis vaccine clinical trials and currently the research team is doing the analysis before releasing the results in the near future.

Results of the first ever dengue vaccine clinical trials to have got to Phase-3 were published yesterday in the world’s most reputed science journal, The Lancet.

>Our own leaders are currently driving the continent of Africa at break-neck speed into a more insidious form of slavery than that of the colonialism of the 19th and 20th centuries.

What the 1918 flu pandemic can teach us about coronavirus drug trials  The Guardian1918 to COVID-19: 100 years of covering pandemics | The Listening Post (Feature)  Al Jazeera EnglishLaura Spinney: ‘We learn from each new outbreak, but not enough’  The Indian ExpressThe Lessons The Spanish Flu Taught The World  Times of OmanWhy We Keep Getting the Lessons of the Spanish Flu Wrong  POLITICOView Full coverage on Google News

When will we have a coronavirus vaccine?  The GuardianCoronavirus: How the world can end the pandemic  The NationalWe need a global response to Covid-19  The Irish TimesMasks, tests, treatments, vaccines – why we need a global approach to fighting Covid-19 now  Telegraph.co.ukCoronavirus: World needs a global approach to fight: Bill Gates  The AustralianView Full coverage on Google News

Can an Old Vaccine Stop the New Coronavirus?  The New York TimesCould TB vaccine protect medics from COVID-19?  FRANCE 24Countries with Mandatory TB Vaccines Show Fewer Coronavirus Deaths: Study  QuickTake by BloombergExplainer: How old tuberculosis vaccine might help fight new coronavirus  The Tribune IndiaCoronavirus: Could the BCG vaccine help?  FRANCE 24 EnglishView Full coverage on Google News

When will a coronavirus vaccine be ready?  The Guardian