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Clinical trials on vaccines against the new coronavirus COVID-19 were approved in Germany and launched in Britain

Pentagon’s DARPA Plans To Create COVID-19 'Temporary Vaccine' Until Regular Vaccine Is Developed

DARPA is working on a "temporary vaccine" that would serve as a "firebreak" that would provide immunity for several months until a regular vaccine is made available. The researchers used two different methods to manufacture and clone the most potent antibodies of coronavirus patient survivors. The temporary treatment would provide protection to frontline workers and first responders to COVID-19 hotspots. The researchers have invested in technology that would shorten the process from several years to only several weeks and they plan to hold clinical trials in the summer.

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