Potential Progress In Search For Coronavirus Vaccine

Stephanie Stahl reports.

HE SAID MONDAY HE TESTEDNEGATIVE.CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.WORD TODAY THERE IS SOMEPOTENTIAL PROGRESS IN THESEARCH FOR COVID-19 VACCINE,HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIESTAHL IS HERE WITH EARLYRESULTS JUST RELEASED TODAY,HI, STEPHANIE.THIS COULD BE EXCITING, YOUKNOW, BEEN A LOT OF BUZZ ABOUTTHIS VACCINE, DEVELOPEDBYE-BYE OWE TECH COMPANY INBOSTON ALONG WITH THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT.TODAY'S RESULTS FROM VERYEARLY RESEARCH SHOWED ITTRIGGERED THE HOPE FOR IMMUNERESPONSES IN VOLUNTEERSTESTING IT.MAD EARNA THEY ARE BEAUTIESSAY THE FIRST STATE VOLUNTEERSWHO TESTED THEIR POTENTIALVACCINE DEVELOPED ANTIBODIESAGAINST THE VIE US.THIS IS REALLY VERY FIRSTIMPORTANT STEP IN THE JOURNEYTOWARD HAVING A VACCINEAVAILABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHONEED IT THE MOST.MAD EARNA PRODUCING THEVACCINE IN COLLABORATION WITHTHE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OFALLERGY AND INFECTIOUSDISEASES LED BY DOCTOR ANTHONYFAUCI.THE FIRST PHASE INCLUDESCLINICAL TRIAL INCLUDING 45PARTICIPANTS WHO RECEIVED ONEOF THREE DOSE LEVELS OF THEVACCINE.THEY ALL DEVELOPED SOMEANTIBODIES.THEIR GOAL HAVE VIABLE VACCINEBY THE ENDS OF THE YEAR.THERE ARE CERTAINCIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEVACCINE COULD BE DEPLOYED FORHIGH RISK POPULATION.MODERNA DEVELOPING VACCINESUNDER NEWLY LAUNCH PROGRAMCALLED OPERATION WARP SPEED.WHICH WILL BEGIN MANUFACTURINGVACCINES BEFORE THE TRIALSCOMPLETED.300 MILLION IS THE GOAL.BY JANUARY, THAT WE WOULDWHETHER BY ONE OR MULTIPLEVACCINE CANDIDATES.MODERNA HAS BEEN MOVEDPHASE TWO, THAT WILL INCLUDE600 PEOPLE AND IS EXPECTED TOBEGIN QUICKLY.EXPERTS POINT THOUGHT IS JUST