India’s Coronavirus Epidemic Overtakes Russia to Become World’s Third Biggest

India’s coronavirus epidemic became the third biggest in the world, surpassing Russia.

Infections continued to spread elsewhere, as the Philippines added the most cases ever while Iran and Indonesia recorded their deadliest days yet.

India has reported another record 24-hour jump in coronavirus cases as the World Health Organization cautioned against the country’s plans to release a vaccine by August of 2020.

The Indian Council of Medical Research, the agency leading the country’s COVID-19 response, said last week that it had set August 15 — India’s independence day — as a target for developing a coronavirus vaccine and asking clinical trial investigators to enroll participants by July 7, 2020.

The WHO’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said in an interview on Saturday with India’s online newspaper The Wire that more realistically, some phase 1 results would be available by August “if all goes according to plan.

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