OSAKA -- Japan's first clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine is underway inside Osaka University Hospital. Some of the small-scale results, along with those from another university, are expected within the next month or so and will determine whether a larger trial can be held in November involving 500 people.
The global race for a coronavirus vaccine is on, but efforts in Asian countries are largely trailing those in the U.S. and Europe. © Nikkei montage
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