Lessons from Sars outbreak help in race for coronavirus vaccine

Companies aim to have vaccine in production within 16 weeks before entering testing stage

There are no vaccines or treatments approved for the new coronavirus, but the race is on to develop one.

This week the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi) announced it would commit $11m (8.4m) to three programmes led by the companies Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Moderna and the University of Queensland.