Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said om Monday that the first trial vaccine for the coronavirus is now being tested.

“The vaccine candidate that was given the first injection to the first person took place today,” Fauci said at a White House press conference.

He noted that he had said last week a trail vaccine would take two to three months, but “this has been now 65 days, which i believe is a record.”

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Fauci said the trial taking place in Seattle, which has been a hotbed for COVID-19. The test includes 45 people age 18-55 and they are receiving two injections, one at zero days, one at 28 days. The individuals will then be followed for one year.

The testing is being conducted at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle and being funded by the National Institutes of Health, partnering with Moderna, Inc.

The volunteers are not at risk of being infected by the virus as the vaccine doesn’tt actually contain COVID-19. “The goal is purely to check that the vaccines show no worrisome side effects, setting the stage for larger tests,” the Associated Press reports.