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THE first dose in a clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine is set to be delivered Monday, a government official says.

The coronavirus pandemic has sickened more than 150,000 people and left 6,000 dead.

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The first participant in the trial will receive the experimental vaccine on Monday.

The National Institutes of Health is funding the trial, which is taking place at a Kaiser Permanente research facility in Washington state.

It will take a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine, according to officials.

Testing will begin with 45 young, healthy volunteers with different doses of shots co-developed by NIH and Moderna Inc.

The goal is to check that the vaccines show no worrisome side effects, setting the stage for more significant tests.

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Most people recover from having the coronavirus.

Some researchers are aiming for temporary vaccines, such as shots that might protect people’s health a month or two at a time.

People with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take six weeks to recover.

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