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UN agency kills hope for quick vaccine

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The World Health Organisation has said it did not expect widespread immunisation against Covid-19 until mid-2021, tempering hopes just as research revealed encouraging early results from a Russian vaccine.

The virus which has killed nearly 870,000 people worldwide continues to spread, with Italy’s former premier Silvio Berlusconi now in hospital after becoming the latest high-profile figure to test positive for Covid-19.

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