Even as curbs have been put on movement of people across the world, a majority of the population is still vulnerable in the absence of a cure for the novel coronavirus.
While Hydroxychloroquine tablets may have received the most media attention as a possible treatment option – or even a prophylactic, among a host of other existing drugs being tested to treat symptoms of COVID-19 – experts say there’s no certainty on how much of it really works.
So, this is our current conundrum: the strict lockdowns or the restrictions cannot go on forever without killing the economy, but neither do we have a cure or immunisation yet. The only other option we can hope for at this point of time is a vaccination and vaccine researchers are running full tilt to develop one.