Questions on: ‘The hunt for a vaccine’

Part A: Find and explain the facts

1.A vaccine is a substance that helps the body to recognize and kill off viruses or bacteria, keeping us safe from the diseases they cause.

2.Jennifer Heller, a mum of two, was the first volunteer in America to receive a new vaccine called mRNA-1273. It has been developed by a biotechnology company called Modern-a

Inc in Massachusetts, USA.

3.On 16th of march Heller was one of four volunteers to receive the jab. A total of 45 will take part in the trial, and they will be regularly monitored for 14 months, to see if the vaccine works.

Part B:Deduce and infer information

1.A total of 45 will take part in the trial, and they will be regularly monitored for 14 months, to see if the vaccine works.It would be hard as they should be at least an year.

2.The European union wants to get the cure-vac so that they could cure there union from corona-virus.

3.The free online game can help researchers by having a lot of opinion from others.

Part C: Analyse the writing and presentation

1.It can build an confidence among the people that the vaccine will be given to the public also.

Part D: Discussion task

I disagree because if the vaccine does not work then the person who was injected would die. If they use with animals then they might get clue and they can improve it.

Questions on: ‘F-1 joins fight’

Part A: Find and explain facts

1.A group of UK-based F-1 teams are working out how they can use their engineering skills to increase production of the lifesaving kit.

2.The N-HS currently has access to 8,175 ventilators.

The government wants to produce 30,000 ventilators in two weeks.

Part B: Deduce and infer information

1.The F-1 teams, engine manufacturers and technology experts are well-placed to help because they have experience of designing and manufacturing products safely and, most importantly, quickly.

2.They could easily manufacture the ventilators for hospital as the government significantly asked the companies.

Part C: Analyse the writing and presentation

It creates curiosity and it make the peoples to think about the vaccine and how hard it would be for them to find the vaccination.

By: Spandana Singh

THE HUNT FOR VACCINE