Moderna's vaccine protects 16 monkeys from virus, 30,000 humModerna's vaccine protects 16 monkeys from virus, 30,000 humans await.........ModernaInc.s vaccine candidate against Covid-19 protected against thevirusin a trial that inoculated 16 monkeys, an encouraging step on the path to a defense for humans against the pandemic. Two injections of the vaccine protected against heavy exposure to the virus at two different levels of dosage, Moderna said in findings published Tuesday in theNew England Journalof Medicine. The primates didnt show any sign of creating enhanced disease, a problem that has occasionally been associated with vaccines