Optimism grows over COVID-19 vaccine potential

Picture shows illustration for the coronavirus vaccine in Zagreb, Croatia, August 14, 2020. A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech has been found to be more than 90 per cent effective Photo: Igor Kralj/PIXSELL.

Picture shows illustration for the coronavirus vaccine than 90 per cent effective Photo: Source: Pixsell

The progress in developing a coronavirus vaccine is continuing to provide optimism that the worldwide pandemic will eventually end. World leaders have moved quickly to secure supplies of a new coronavirus vaccine, which appears to have 90 per cent effectiveness - far exceeding the expectation of anything above 70 per cent. That story by Biwa Kwan for SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.



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