Are medicines to prevent and cure the coronavirus disease within reach?

The global search for treatments and a vaccine for the highly contagious disease Covid-19 has been underway since the world first became aware of the threat posed by the deadly coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Medical institutions in China and around the world have invested huge amounts of time and money looking for a vaccine that will be effective and safe. While animal testing was already underway in labs around the world, a Seattle company became the first to start clinical tests of a new…