Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in U.S.- backed clinical trials, pledging to ease their countries’ access to any successful products, Reuters has learned.Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive who heads Operation Warp Speed, a multi-billion dollar U.S.
collaboration between the federal government and drugmakers, made the commitment to international scientists late last month, two people familiar with the matter said.
Why the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine is the new space race Researchers in South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Argentina are in discussions to join U.S.