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UPMC, Scientists To Discuss Potential Coronavirus Vaccine
The briefing will provide information on a possible vaccine for the killer illness.
PITTSBURGH, PA -University of Pittsburgh Medical Center officials and the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences scientists will hold a briefing Thursday to discuss a potential coronavirus vacccine.
According to a UPMC tweet Wednesday evening, the discussion will center around a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. That respiratory illness, formally identified by the World Health Organization as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, is the virus responsible for causing the COVID-19 disease.
No other information was available about the briefing Thursday morning.
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As #COVID19 continues to spread across the United States and the world, the need for a vaccine is urgent. UPMC and @PittHealthSci scientists will discuss a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. EDT. Watch LIVE at https://t.co/q8aaIr3261 pic.twitter.com/Ki84ImOJ3V
— UPMC (@UPMC) April 1, 2020
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