In Pics: The World's First Human Trial Of A Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Begins

A pharmacist gives 43-year-old mother of two,?Jennifer Haller, the first shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19. The first human clinical trial of a potential COVID-19 vaccine was administered on Monday.??

Four healthy people were the first to get a trial COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.?A syringe containing the first shot was given in the trial.

Rebecca Sirull gets a shot of the new trial vaccine for COVID-19.? This?trial?will enroll 45 healthy adult volunteers ages 18 to 55 years over approximately 6 weeks.?

Jennifer Haller waits for her vaccine shot.?This shot will take at least a year to 18 months to determine if a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is safe and effective, National Institutes of Health experts have said.

But it may be another year to 18 months before it becomes available, once it has passed more?trial?phases to prove it works and is safe.?Some of the participants may get a higher dosage of the vaccine to see what dosage is most effective.

Volunteers will be given two jabs. The second dose will be administered a month after the first.

Coronavirus potential vaccine was developed by the National Institute of Health and the private biotech company Moderna.

Neal Browning gets a shot of the potential vaccine.?This vaccine was created in 42 days.

Pharmacist Michael Witte opens a package that contains the potential vaccine for COVID-19.?This vaccine will produce harmless "spike" proteins, which will prompt the body to create antibodies.

Jennifer Haller talks to a pharmacist after she got her first shot.