Coronavirus Update: After 'Warp Speed' Snub, Novavax Awarded US Military Vaccine Deal

Plus: Inovio Launches First South Korea Vaccine Study

Progress for two US-based companies in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Seoul, South Korea: the country has been one of the most successful in halting the spread of COVID-19, but remains on a high state of alert.

Novavax Inc. may have failed to make the list of coronavirus vaccine developers picked for President Trump's Operation Warp Speed initiative but it is getting up to $60m from the US government for its investigational COVID-19 candidate.

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