The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxUp to half-a-million sharks could be slaughtered to save the world from coronavirus, conservationists fear.An ingredient in some Covid-19 vaccines under development is squalene which comes from sharks' livers.Already more than three million of the sea predators are killed each year for their liver oil which is used in cosmetics.Conservationists fear if squalene is found to help combat the virus it could threaten the world's global shark population.It is used in flu vaccines as part of an adjuvant – an ingredient that makes them more effective and creates a greater immune response.Brit pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has said it.
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