US begins first human trial of coronavirus vaccine: statement

Washington, Mar 16, (AFP) The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 has begun in Seattle, US health officials said Monday.

"The open-label trial will enroll 45 healthy adult volunteers ages 18 to 55 years over approximately 6 weeks," the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statement.

"The first participant received the investigational vaccine today.