Israel coronavirus vaccine status <br /> <br />The Israel Institute for Biological Research has claimed it had completed successful coronavirus vaccine trials on rodents, according to a report in The Times of Israel. <br /> <br />Researchers said they hope to have a finished vaccine in a year, or possibly even earlier. <br /> <br />The vaccine, which was tested on hamsters, “results in rapid and potent induction of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2”, the report said. <br /> <br />“Importantly, single-dose vaccination was able to protect hamsters against SARS-CoV-2 challenge, as demonstrated by the abrogation of body weight loss of the immunized hamsters compared to unvaccinated hamsters,” researchers wrote in the report. <br /> <br />While the lungs of infected hamsters showed extensive tissue damage and a high viral load, the report said that those given the vaccine “showed only minor lung pathology” and had no viral titre. <br /> <br />MMR coronavirus vaccine status <br /> <br />US researchers have claimed that the measles, mumps and rubella (
