The World Health Organization has said it does not expect widespread immunisation against coronavirus 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 flamboyant former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi now in hospital after becoming the latest high-profile figure to test positive for Covid-19.
Across the world, governments are hoping to announce a vaccine as soon as possible against the virus, which has infected well over 26 million people, upended millions of lives and wreaked havoc on the global economy.
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