- The largest vaccine producer in the world, Serum Institute of India, say they will have a vaccine for COVID-19 by 2021 and will not patent it so that it can be more widely produced https://www.deccanherald.com/business/should-have-a-vaccine-for-covid-19-by-2021-will-not-patent-it-serum-institutes-adar-poonawalla-826334.html
- LEGO is making 13,500 visors for healthcare workers a day https://nerdist.com/article/lego-making-visors-medical-workers/
- COVID-19 "under control" in Germany, with the transmission rate (how many people each infected person will pass it on to) dropping below 1 to 1 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/17/coronavirus-under-control-in-germany-as-some-countries-plan-to-relax-lockdowns
- Here in Australia, epidemiological modelling shows we are on course to eliminate COVID-19 from the mainland in the coming months https://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-on-course-to-eliminate-covid-19-modelling-shows-20200416-p54kjh.html
- British war veteran Captain Tom Moore has raised £4 million (and climbing) for the NHS by walking lengths of his back garden, with the goal of completing 100 laps before his 100th birthday. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/14/war-veteran-99-raises-2m-for-nhs-by-walking-lengths-of-back-garden
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