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(FILES) In this file handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the National Institutes of Health taken with a scanning electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)âalso known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19âisolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. - The US biotech firm Inovio reported preliminary but encouraging results June 30, 2020 from tests of an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Administered to 40 volunteers, it triggered an immune system response in 94 percent of those who completed the so-called phase one clinical trial, meaning they received two injections, four weeks apart.Inovio's vaccine, called INO-4800, is designed to inject DNA into a person so as to set off a specific immune system response against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (Photo by Handout / National Institutes of Health / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

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It’s been five years since Covid up-ended the world and threw millions of Aussies into lockdown, and experts warn we’re not ready for the next one.

US influencer Sam Jones with the baby wombat. Picture: Instagram

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