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.

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