• Question: How long do you think it will take to find a cure for the coronavirus I think it will take aleast three years

    Asked by anon-240858 to Tom, Rebecca, Emily, Elspeth, Ben, Antoine on 11 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Ben Cropper

      Ben Cropper answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      https://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/key-action/novel-coronavirus/en/
      There is information about the development of a vaccine on this website. It should still be a while because trials of vaccines take a while to make sure they are safe.

    • Photo: Tom Dally

      Tom Dally answered on 13 Mar 2020:

      There are already scientists in a lot of countries working on creating a vaccine for the current coronavirus. But, because vaccines are rolled out to the public on a nationwide scale, they have to undergo a lot of rigorous testing before they can be used. So it might be a while before we see a working one available on the NHS.

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