Vice President Mike Pence is headed to Miami Monday to promote the Trump administrations progress on efforts to bring a coronavirus vaccine to market.<\/p>\n
Pences office announced Thursday that he is scheduled to visit the University of Miami next week to mark the beginning of Phase III trials for a coronavirus vaccine.<\/p>\n
The university announced this month that it was looking for volunteers to participate in a study led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Prevention Network in which 1,000 people will be injected with a potential vaccine by Moderna.<\/p>\n
The trial, which is expected to begin next week, is part of a 30,000-person study.<\/p>\n
During his visit, Pence, the head of the White Houses coronavirus task force, will participate in a roundtable with university leaders and researchers on the incredible progress of a coronavirus vaccine, Pences office announced in a press release. Pence will speak to the press before returning to Washington.<\/p>\n
Pences visit is the latest symptom of the increased attention by the White House to the outbreak in Miami, where positive cases and hospitalizations have surged in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams visited Miami Thursday and held a press conference at the Camillus House homeless shelter. The previous day, task force response coordinator Deborah Birx warned on a private call that Miami was among 11 cities that should take aggressive steps to slow the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
Miami Herald staff writer Michelle Marchante contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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