Health
BCG vaccine could slow down Covid-19 spread, says research but warns it’s not a ‘magic bullet’ – Hindustan Times
The BCG vaccine is usually given at the time of the birth of a child to prevent tuberculosis. The research says that the BCG vaccine helps develop immunity against various other infectious diseases.
Scientists have found that the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin or BCG slows down the rate of infection and death of the coronavirus diease. The research says that the effect is very prominent in the first 30 days of the BCG vaccination.
The research comes as countries race to find a vaccine for Covid-19, which has devastated almost the entire globe.
The study, published in American Association for the Advancement of Science, says that the United States – the worst-affected country by Covid-19 – would…
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