UNDATED (AP) – Drugmaker Moderna says it has shipped its first batch of a possible coronavirus vaccine for humans to government researchers for testing.
Shares of the biotech company are soaring Tuesday, a day after the company said it sent vials to an arm of the National Institutes of Health for early-stage testing in the United States.
More than 80,000 people have been infected globally from the viral outbreak that began late last year in China.
A total of 35 cases have been reported in the United States.
The virus has killed more than 2,700 people globally.