Wuhan virus: US developing vaccine to fight deadly China bug, say officials

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said on Tuesday (Jan 28) it was developing a vaccine against a deadly virus that originated in China, and urged Beijing to step up its cooperation with international health authorities.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - The United States said on Tuesday it was developing a vaccine against a deadly virus that originated in China, and urged Beijing to step up its cooperation with international health authorities.

The process would take three months to start the first trial, three more months to gather data, before being able to move into its second phase, and is being undertaken by the biotech firm Moderna."In other words, we're looking at the worst scenario that this becomes a bigger outbreak." Separately, the chief scientific officer of Johnson & Johnson told AFP that his company was also developing a vaccine.

 

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