THERE is encouraging news on both the scientific and economic fronts amid all the gloom over the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak.

First, United States scientists (some of whom have already won the Nobel Prize for chemistry) have announced a breakthrough in their research to develop a vaccine and treatment for Covid-19. This could bring closer or faster the ultimate surmounting of the health pandemic.

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