Usa, the first vaccine tests for Covid-19 start

2020-02-25T08:51:34.167Z

The covid-19 vaccine is approaching, the Wall Street Journal announces. The economic newspaper writes that the pharmaceutical company Modern Inc. has shipped the first batch of its rapidly developed coronavirus vaccine to researchers of the United States government, who will launch the first human tests to verify whether the experimental vaccine can help suppress the epidemic originating in China. Moderna yesterday sent vials of vaccine from its Norwood, Massachusetts production facility to the Bethesda National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases. The institute could begin a clinical trial by about 20-25 healthy volunteers by the end of April, testing whether two doses of the vaccine are safe and induce an immune response that can protect against infection, said NIAID director Anthony Fauci. in an interview. Initial results may be available in July or August.