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Coronavirus vaccines: What we know about testing and availability

Andrew Dunn   

Coronavirus vaccines: What we know about testing and availability
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Employee Philipp Hoffmann, of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. Picture taken on March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
  • The World Health Organization says that there are more than 40 research effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
  • Two vaccine candidates are already undergoing human testing that could produce a coronavirus vaccine by as early as this fall.
  • Business Insider compiled a list of all the coronavirus vaccine candidates that are undergoing research or human trials.
  • Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

The drug industry and health officials are now racing to respond to the coronavirus outbreak as cases of COVID-19 mount, and the World Health Organization has declared it a pandemic.

There are more than 40 ongoing research efforts across the globe to develop a coronavirus vaccine, according to the World Health Organization.

Two vaccine candidates, for instance, have already started human testing in record timing. But it will still take at least a year to determine if any vaccine works against this virus.

Here's is our list of the few vaccines that are undergoing human testing as well as other vaccine candidates that could become available in 2021.

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