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America has prepared for coronavirus for years, Sec. Azar says

"I think part of the message to the American people is we all need to take a bit of a deep breath here. The government is working on this," United States Secretary for Health and Human Services Alex Azar said of the growing coronavirus fears.

Experimental coronavirus vaccine completed by Moderna researchers

Massachusetts-based biotech firm Moderna said Monday that it created its first batch of mRNA-1273 to treat humans for the virus, and released it to officials at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.