Big Push To Find Vaccine For COVID-19

Stephanie Stahl reports.

A BIG PUSH IS ON TO FIND AVACCINE FOR COVID 19.TODAY IN SEATTLE WASHINGTONFIRST DOSE OF AN EXPERIMENTALVACCINE WAS GIVEN TO AVOLUNTEER.HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIESTAHL IS IN ANOTHER PART OFOUR STUDIOS AS WE CONTINUE TOPRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING,STEPHANIE.REPORTER: IS THERE LOTS OFHOPE THAT THIS EXPERIMENTALVACCINE WORKS THE CLINICALTRIAL TO ENROLL TOTAL OF 45PEOPLE OVER A SIX WEEK TIMEFRAME EACH PARTICIPANTS WILL,RECEIVE TWO INJECTIONS A MONTHPART IN VARYING DOSES.AN EXPERIMENTAL CORONAVIRUSVACCINE WAS ADMINISTERED TO AHUMAN TEST SUBJECT IN SEATTLE.FAST TRACK RESEARCH IS ONE OFTHE DOZENS OF PROJECTSUNDERWAY AROUND THE WORLD ASSCIENTISTS FRANTICALLY SEARCHFOR A WAY TO CONTAIN, PREVENTTHE DEADLY VIRUS.THE DRUGS THAT ARE GOING TOBE ABLE TO TREAT THIS DISEASE,ARE IN DEVELOPMENT AND VERYENCOURAGING.SO HOPE IS THERE IS REALLYPOSITIVE NEWS THERE IN THENEXT WEEK OR TWO.REPORTER: DESPITE EARLYPROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTHOFFICIALS SAY IT WILL TAKE ATLEAST A YEAR FOR POTENTIALVACCINE TO BE APPROVED, FORUSE.TEST, TEST, TEST.UNTIL A VACCINE IS DEVELOPOFFICIALS AT WORLD HEALTHORGANIZATIONS ARE URGINGWIDESPREAD TESTING TO CONTAINTHE VIRUS.IT IS IMPORTANT FORCOUNTRIES TO KNOW WHERE VIRUSIS CIRCULATING WITHIN THEIRCOUNTRIES AND HIS INSPECT ANDWHO IS NOT INFECT.BY DOING SO YOU CANEFFECTIVELY STOP, TRANSMISSIONBETWEEN PEOPLE.AMONG FACILITIES WORKING ONTHAN A VACCINE THE WISTARINSTITUTE IN PHILADELPHIA,AND, DNA, FOOTPRINT OF THEVIRUS THAT WILL BE USED IN THEPOTENTIAL VACCINE.WE HAVE A WAY TO MAKE AMIMIC THAT IMMUNE SYSTEMTHINKING IS THERE SOMETHINGDANGEROUS.REPORTER: DOZENS OF PEOPLEDIED IN THE U.S. AND THOUSANDSWORLDWIDE, VAST MAJORITY OFTHE PATIENT WAS MILD SYMPTOMSRECOVER IN TWO WEEKS.THOSE WITH MORE SEVERE ILLNESSMAY TAKE UP TO SIX WEEKS TORECOVER.VACCINE CLINICAL TRIAL ISIN PHASE ONE, MEANT TOESTABLISH SAFETY AND TODETERMINE IF IT CREATES AIMMUNO RESPONSE.SCIENTISTS SAY IT WILL REQUIREFOLLOW-UP STUDIES INVOLVINGMANY MORE PEOPLE SO THIS WILL