The vaccine was made 42 days after the genetic sequence of the COVID_19 viruses, called SARS-CoV-2, was released by Chinese researchers in mid-January, reports Time. NIH scientists already tested an antiviral drug called “Remdesivir” which was developed for Ebola, on a patient infected with SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine was developed in record time because it’s based on a relatively new genetic method that does not require growing huge amounts of the virus. Instead, the vaccine is packed with mRNA, the genetic material that comes from DNA and makes proteins. Moderna loads its vaccine with mRNA that codes for the right coronavirus proteins which then get injected into the body.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 07, 2020 08:03 UTC