Coronavirus latest: Eli Lilly antibody treatment scores win for emergency use

Coronavirus latest: Eli Lilly antibody treatment scores win for emergency use

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Updated at 11/9/2020, 7:20:35 PM BST











Alice Woodhouse in Hong Kong



Asia-Pacific stocks climbed on Tuesday, joining a global rally after Pfizer and BioNTech announced a breakthrough in the development of a vaccine for Covid-19.



Both Japan's Topix and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 1.5 per cent and the Kospi in Seoul was up 0.1 per cent. Futures tip the Hang Seng to open 1.9 per cent higher.



The drugmakers said on Monday that their vaccine candidate had been found to be more than 90 per cent effective, meaning it could become available for use before the end of the year.



The news sent airline,