Health experts warn life-saving coronavirus vaccine still years away.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health , confirmed that a Phase 1 trial of a candidate vaccine would likely begin in early April, in an interview with ABC News.
Institutions in China, the U.S., Europe and Australia are all working on a vaccine for the current outbreak of coronavirus disease that the World Health Organization has christened COVID-19.Rachel Grant, the director of communications and advocacy at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations , said in a statement to ABC News Friday that the organization was working with partners to deliver a vaccine for broader use within the next 12 to 18 months.
A woman wearing a protective facemask pushes a stroller with two dogs wearing masks along a street in Shanghai on Feb. 19, 2020. The head of the vaccine labs, Frédéric Tangy, said researchers there are working on using the Measles vaccine as a shell in order to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine into the human body.
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