Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
PM: Defense bio research center making ‘significant progress’ on vaccine
The Prime Minister’s Office says Israel’s defense biological research institute has made “significant progress” in developing a vaccine against COVID-19 and will soon start testing on animals.
The announcement follows head of the facility Prof. Shmuel Shapira updating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the institute’s progress in developing a vaccine, the PMO says.
A report earlier this month claiming the institute had made a breakthrough was later denied by the government body.
