Name: US begins first human trial of coronavirus vaccine
Uploaded: 2020-03-17T09:45:01+05:30
Duration: 2 min 17 s
Description: Pharmaceutical companies have been racing against time to develop vaccines as the death toll and infections around the world continue to spike.

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US begins first human trial of coronavirus vaccine