It may take time to become a corona vaccine, scientists struggling with lack of monkeys for testing

It may take time to become a corona vaccine, scientists struggling with lack of monkeys for testing

The struggle to make Corona vaccine continues worldwide.  Scientists are working hard day and night to save the world from the sting of the virus.  Corona vaccines are tested on monkeys, but vaccine testing has been stuck worldwide due to the lack of monkeys.

Scientists in the US are rapidly developing the corona virus vaccine, but they are greatly troubled by the lack of monkeys.  He cautioned that if the monkeys were not available in time to test the vaccines, they may have to face delays in its development.

 In fact, during the Corona virus epidemic, demand for animals for testing vaccines has increased.  All scientists want to test their vaccines on rhesus monkeys.  This has led to trials of many vaccines due to increased demand and lack of supply.

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 The cost of animals and the controversies surrounding them are also impacting the in-depth research on vaccines. According to The National Primate Research Centers, the rhesus monkey is commonly used in biomedical research.

 Coen Van Rompe of the California National Primate Research Center said that there has been a shortage of these monkeys all over America.  At the same time, Mark Lewis, CEO of contract research firm Biocal, said that we can not find any Rhesus monkeys anymore, they have completely disappeared.

 China stopped exporting monkeys

 There has also been a significant decrease in the exports of Armenian monkeys from China during the epidemic.  As such, many European countries, including the US, are facing a shortage of monkeys for vaccine testing.  The US imported a total of 35000 monkeys last year, of which China's share was around 30 per cent.

 Now China has refused to supply these monkeys with fear of corona virus.  American researchers say that these monkeys are useful in testing corona virus vaccines.  Their immune system is almost similar to human.  The vaccine is started on humans only after testing them.