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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ian Sample Science editor

Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses

Scientist in a lab
The new vaccine marks a change in strategy towards ‘proactive vaccinology’. Photograph: Anton Vaganov/Reuters

Scientists have created a vaccine that has the potential to protect against a broad range of coronaviruses, including varieties that are not yet even known about.

The experimental shot, which has been tested in mice, marks a change in strategy towards “proactive vaccinology”, where vaccines are designed and readied for manufacture before a potentially pandemic virus emerges.

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