China ‘leads world in coronavirus research’, followed by United States
- Nearly 300 clinical studies are under way in 39 countries and regions in search for an effective treatment for Covid-19
- New index documenting all current studies will be updated weekly
The Coronavirus Research Index, launched by Finbold.com, has identified nearly 300 ongoing research projects in 39 countries and regions, all of which have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.
China has 60 ongoing studies, followed by 49 in the United States and 26 in France, according to an analysis of all active Covid-19 clinical research recorded by the US-based ClinicalTrials.gov database.
These countries “are putting the biggest efforts in understanding and dismantling coronavirus, thus helping to find an effective way to treat the disease”, Finbold.com said.
However, many countries “are still far behind on coronavirus research”, said Idas Keb, Finbold co-founder, while the index showed “some correlation between countries that have the most Covid-19 cases and the number of medical studies”.
“Spain, which is second by the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, is not within the top five countries in the research index,” Keb said.
