Africa: Could BCG, a 100-Year-Old Vaccine for Tuberculosis, Protect Against Coronavirus?

[IPS] This week, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will donate A$10 million to help fund an Australian trial testing whether a very old vaccine, BCG, can be used against a new threat, COVID-19. So what is the BCG vaccine and what might its place be in the fight against coronavirus?
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news