Dr. Fauci delivered more good news about coronavirus vaccines

[Chris Smith]

• Three separate coronavirus vaccine Phase 3 trials will run in the US this summer, under government supervision.
• Dr. Anthony Fauci confirmed that the government will fund advanced stages of testing for two of the leading vaccine candidates, Moderna's vaccine and another one from AstraZeneca and Oxford.
• Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine drug will also be included and funded by the government, assuming it clears Phase 1 experiments that have yet to begin.

Vaccines for the novel coronavirus have shown promising results in animal and human trials so far and there's real hope some of them could be available to use as soon as this year. The drugs still need to clear the final stages of clinical trials and prove they can prevent COVID-19 infections before they can be approved for general use. But coronavirus vaccine research has advanced at such an incredible speed that the final trial phases will take place this summer for some of the vaccines. There are more than 130 vaccine candidates in the works right now, with around 10 of them having reached various stages of human trials. Dr. Anthony Fauci has now confirmed that three of these will be used in extensive Phase 3 trials funded by the US government.

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