Initial vaccine research for the new coronavirus has moved much faster than it did for Sars and Mers. Photo: AP Initial vaccine research for the new coronavirus has moved much faster than it did for Sars and Mers. Photo: AP
Initial vaccine research for the new coronavirus has moved much faster than it did for Sars and Mers. Photo: AP

Coronavirus pandemic

China /  Science

There was no vaccine for Sars or Mers. Will there be one for the new coronavirus?

  • A month has passed since China locked down millions of people in Wuhan and other cities in Hubei at the heart of the epidemic
  • In the first part of a series, the Post looks at how the race to find a vaccine may be different than for other coronaviruses

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Josephine MaSimone McCarthy
Josephine Ma and Simone McCarthy

Updated: 11:49am, 24 Feb, 2020

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Initial vaccine research for the new coronavirus has moved much faster than it did for Sars and Mers. Photo: AP Initial vaccine research for the new coronavirus has moved much faster than it did for Sars and Mers. Photo: AP
Initial vaccine research for the new coronavirus has moved much faster than it did for Sars and Mers. Photo: AP
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