Israel is only weeks away from developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The Jerusalem Post credited MIGAL (the Galilee Research Institute) for the breakthrough.
Israel got a jump on the coronavirus crisis because researchers had already created a vaccine against avian coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV), which affects poultry, according to the Jewish Press.
By "pure luck," the MIGAL team realized it was genetically similar to IBV and that the infection mechanism was the same.
The new vaccine, which would be orally administered, faces pre-clinical trials and clinical trials before mass production begins.
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