I posted the news as it was breaking here : Novavax wins a US contract for a coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine
The post linked above has a bit more background
More now:
- US Department of Defense Contract for COVID-19 Vaccine, $60 million funding for manufacturing of NVX-CoV2373
- 10 million doses to be delivered to DoD in 2020
Note that Novavax is just one firm in the race to develop a vaccine. Plenty of folks have pointed out that there has never been a successful vaccine developed against a coronavirus. Still, gotta try I guess.
In the meantime, some sound advice: