Episode 1439 • • 34:39 - 36:49
1439: COVID Retrospective
Vaccine Development, Cruise Ship Evacuations
Inovio Pharmaceuticals in San Diego announced progress on a DNA-based vaccine for the coronavirus, aiming for human trials by summer. The US government prepared to evacuate 400 Americans from the Diamond Princess in Japan. Concurrently, an American woman from the Westerdam cruise ship tested positive in Malaysia, and France reported the first virus-related death outside of Asia.