Scientists around the world are searching for a vaccine to combat COVID-19. Dozens of commercially run pharmaceutical labs and scientific institutes are racing to start human tests using a genetic blueprint of the virus itself. The first human trials began on Monday in the US but almost everyone agrees it will be at least a year before a vaccine is ready for general use. Simon McGregor-Wood has more.

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