The first vaccine to fight COVID-19 is set to begin final testing.

The experimental vaccine, developed by Dr. Anthony Fauci’s colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and Moderna, has shown strong relief on people’s immune systems in its testing phases so far. Therefore, the vaccine will take part in a 30,000-person study later this month to prove if it can protect people against the coronavirus, which has already infected more than 3 million and killed almost 140,000 in the United States.

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