NEW YORK -- Johnson & Johnson is leveraging its technologies used in the development of vaccines for Ebola, Zika, and HIV in a race to stop the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
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Johnson & Johnson's Dutch unit Janssen Vaccines & Prevention started development of a vaccine for the new coronavirus in January as soon as the genetic code became available. © Reuters
NEW YORK -- Johnson & Johnson is leveraging its technologies used in the development of vaccines for Ebola, Zika, and HIV in a race to stop the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.