US army officials provide update on coronavirus vaccine efforts

Army Brig. Gen. Michael J. Talley, commander of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command and Fort Detrick, Md.; Army Col. Wendy Sammons-Jackson director of USAMRDC's Military Infectious Disease Research Program; Dr. Nelson Michael director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; and Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad director of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research hold a news conference on coronavirus, in Arlington, Virginia on March 5, 2020. The military medical experts discuss their efforts in supporting the whole of government approach to investigate and develop vaccine candidates against COVID-19, coronavirus, at a Pentagon news conference today