coronaviruses that could be passed on to humans.The aim of the project, researchers say, is to use those identified coronavirus types to prepare a bank of ready-to-go vaccines that could be quickly distributed in the event of another coronavirus pandemic.
Canada to squeeze extra vaccine dose from Pfizer vials. It’s not as easy as it seems The ongoing coronavirus pandemic involving the virus SARS-CoV-2 is the third coronavirus epidemic to be recorded in humans since 2001, following SARS-CoV-1 in 2002/2003, and MERS-CoV starting in 2012.“In each of those cases, these are coronaviruses that passed from animals over into humans.