WHO says first coronavirus vaccine could be ready in 18 months

The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus within 18 months. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the vaccine for the virus, which the organization dubbed Covid-19, will take time to develop and said countries will have to make do with available resources in the meantime. “The development of vaccines and therapeutics is one important part of the research agenda. But it’s not only one part. They will take time to develop — but in the meantime, we are not defenseless,” he said. “The first vaccine could be ready in 18 months, so we have to do everything today using the available weapons to fight this virus.” The global death toll from the virus rose to 1,107 on Tuesday, according to health officials in the Chinese province of Hubei. Officials reported that 94 more people died in the province which is considered the epicenter for the disease. To...