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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (18): vaccine, SIREN study, snippets, China, WHO, global

COVID-19 -- United KingdomAbstract--------BackgroundEfficacious vaccines are urgently needed to contain the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A candidate vaccine, Ad26.COV2.S, is a recombinant, replication-incompetent adenovirus serotype 26 (Ad26) vector encoding a full-length and stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.MethodsIn this multicenter, placebo-controlled, phase 1-2a trial, we randomly assigned Read more [...]