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The Current Status of the Vaccine

Development for COVID-19

20119 Jeong, Ga-eul

As wearing masks and social distancing have become routine due to COVID-19, the

world is paying attention to vaccine development. That's why Korea is also working on
vaccine development, and here is some notable news about this development.

Vaccine Development Status in the World

The government has decided to actively support clinical trials of related companies in
order to achieve the goal of developing a new type of COVID-19 treatment within the year.
As the pharmaceutical companies are complaining of difficulties, such as the difficulties of
recruiting participants for clinical trials, they plan to strengthen public awareness of these

clinical trials and help overseas clinical tests.

The simplified vaccine development process for COVID-19

However, due to the sustainability of the vaccine's effects and uncertainty about
production and supply rates, full-scale supply will be difficult even if vaccines are
developed. Therefore, the position is that at least one year of verification is needed after
the development of the first vaccine. Basically, next year, experts expect that it will still be
difficult to completely escape the effects of COVID-19. The development of new drugs and

vaccines usually takes a very long time, but the development of the COVID-19 vaccines is

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