Tuesday, July 7, 2020

U.S. government gives Novavax $1.6 billion to speed up COVID-19 vaccine development


The U.S. government is giving the vaccine firm Novavax $1.6 billion to speed up its development of a vaccine for COVID-19.

It's the largest deal to come out of the Trump administration's "Operation Warp Speed" so far.

Our Washington correspondent Giles Gibson reports.

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