Coronavirus: Green light to pre-clinical trials for Italian vaccine

(ANSA) - Rome, March 17 - The health ministry has greenlit the first animal tests of a vaccine against the coronavirus created by the Takis firm in Italy, the company said Tuesday.
    The tests will start later this week, company CEO Luigi Aurisicchio told ANSA.
    They are the first of their kind in Europe, he said.
    "They are the first step towards creating a vaccine for human use," he said.