SPECIAL REPORT: The world is at war. Look inside the labs where the sharpest minds on the globe are working on the front lines to find a coronavirus cure.
Look inside the labs where the sharpest minds in the world are working on the front lines to find a coronavirus cure. We speak to the scientists who are putting their lives at risk to save others. Sky News Australia presents 'The race for a cure' – an investigation taking you inside the laboratories working day and night on potential treatments, vaccines and cures – and we speak to people infected with coronavirus about what it’s like to live with the virus that has reshaped the world.
Experts tell us that a vaccine is likely to be ready much sooner than previously thought, how previous health crises are helping us navigate this current pandemic, we explore the claims that the virus leaked from a Chinese bioweapons lab – and speak to experts who warn an even worse pandemic may be on the horizon.
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