Coronavirus vaccines: 'Encouraging' early data for some, a trial delay for another and more research ahead

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According to the World Health Organization, there are 18 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation globally. Researchers at University of Oxford said this week they have vaccinated 8,000 people in the UK as part of a Phase 3 trial.

Scientists around the world are racing to develop Covid-19 vaccines and there's news almost daily about steps forward -- this week, there was"encouraging" preliminary data for some vaccine candidates and word from top health officials that the United States could be on track to have a vaccine by the end of the year.

Moderna chairman on the early results of a coronavirus vaccine trial 04:04 "It's been delayed," said Dr. Carlos del Rio, an infectious disease expert at Emory University School of Medicine and one of the investigators for the Moderna vaccine. Read MoreIn mid-June, one of vaccine's trial centers, the University of Illinois at Chicago, said it expected the trial to start July 9. "We won't start until July 27, probably," del Rio said.

Trump unveils 'Operation Warp Speed' 02:21"We are very encouraged by the positive interim safety and preliminary cellular and humoral immune response results to date as well as the inclusion of INO-4800 in Operation Warp Speed," Dr. J. Joseph Kim, president and CEO of Inovio, said in the company's announcement.

 

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