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COVID-19 vaccine testing is underway

04-09-2020


COVID-19 vaccine testing is underway Today’s Video of the Day from the American Chemical Society (ACS) explores how long it may take for a COVID-19 vaccine to be approved.

It usually takes about ten years of development before vaccines become available to the public.

With COVID-19, experts have been at an advantage because coronaviruses have been studied for years.

The virus that causes COVID-19 infection, SARS-CoV-2, is closely related to the first SARS coronavirus that caused an outbreak in 2003.

According to the ACS, a COVID-19 vaccine could be available in about 14 months if the current trials are successful.

By Chrissy Sexton, Earth.com Staff Writer

Video Credit: American Chemical Society

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