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Watch: Are we on track to checkmate coronavirus pandemic in 2021?
Coronavirus vaccine update: World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general A G Tedros has said that a vaccine by itself will not stop coronavirus pandemic. He explained that a vaccine will complement the other tools we have, but will not replace them. The statement has come at a time time when US-based biotech giants Moderna claimed its vaccine is 94.5% effective. So, taking both claims into account, can we say that we are on track to checkmate the pandemic by 2021?