German gov’t supports development of nasal COVID-19 vaccine


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BERLIN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The German government will fund the development of a nasal vaccine against COVID-19 similar to flu vaccines already available for children. Since the vaccine is directly applied to the nasal mucosa using a spray, it will "take effect where the virus enters the body," Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger told the newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine on Thursday. The research project by the University Hospital of Munich is to receive funding of almost 1.7 million euros (1.73 million U.S. dollars) from the country's Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), according to Stark-Watzinger. The vaccine is...