April 25, 2021
Scientists working on a vaccine for a specific virus that affects pigs may have inadvertently created a prototype for a universal coronavirus vaccine one that protects against all coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and, theoretically, its mutations. Such a vaccine would be a boon in fighting the ever-mutating SARS-CoV-2 virus, for which some subsequent mutations have been discovered to be more resistant to the existing approved vaccines.
Specifically, the researchers attempting to address porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) believe they may have developed a way to someday create a universal vaccine against all coronaviruses, from SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) to those responsible for certain types of the common cold. PEDV is also a type of coronavirus, the broad class of related RNA viruses that resemble a spherical, pointy star and whose members also include SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus ), SARS and MERS.
A fire at Covid Hospital in Baghdad has killed 80 people
The devastating fire at the Coronabirus hospital in Baghdad has killed at least 80 people and injured more than 100, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said it has caused allegations of corruption and neglect in the health ministry as it erupts in the pandemic.
An oxygen bomb that exploded on Saturday night exploded and ripped Ibn al-Khatib Hospital out within minutes, the Associated Press reported. A doctor who saw the scene told the news agency that the inflation resembled “volcanic fires”.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi he has called for an end to the investigation into the incident in five days and has suspended the health minister, the governor of Baghdad and the district health director of Al Rusafa. He pledged to hold those responsible for “irresponsibility” accountable.
The death toll has increased more than four-fold overnight, with an Iraqi official describing the majority of the victims as older people on ventilators.
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