Thousands of scientists around the world are working on problems raised by the coronavirus pandemic, including the search for a vaccine against the virus.
Canadian researchers are part of that search. Here is a summary of some of the projects underway at Canadian universities: — Western University in London, Ont., is working on a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as on developing a coronavirus vaccine bank containing hundreds to thousands of potential vaccines that could be used at the start of another outbreak.
The research builds on previous work done at the school for a vaccine against the MERS virus, another coronavirus related to the one now circulating.