Race for the Vaccine

May 15, 2021

1h 31m

★ 8.0

Overview

As news of the coronavirus broke around the globe, a small group of scientists jumped into action to tackle one of the greatest medical challenges of our time: to create a vaccine against a virus no one had ever seen before, and to do so in record time, during a deadly, global pandemic.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC

CNN Films

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Cast

No Cast found.

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