The race to find a coronavirus vaccine is heating up, with US pharmaceutical company Moderna announcing that its candidate has entered late-stage clinical trials.
That is the final hurdle before it can be approved.
It is being tested on 30,000 volunteers, and there are hopes it will be ready for widespread use by the end of the year.
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from the US state of Maryland.
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