Dr. Steven Zeichner and others at the University of Virginia have been studying when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “We thought if we have these technologies that we think can be beneficial, we really should re-tool and re-orient and see if we can do something,” Zeichner told News 3. He and others across UVA and Virginia Tech have been working on a new COVID-19 vaccine. “We wanted to come up with a vaccine that would be appropriate for the whole world,” he said.