Chinas top respiratory experts have claimed that the country may get Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use within the month.
Dr Zhong Nanshan said during a live event with China’s search engine Baidu on Saturday that a coronavirus vaccine could be available as early as this autumn.
Dr Antony Fauci, the head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made similar comments, saying that we might have a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this year, even before the end of clinical trials.
- WHO says more than 120 COVID-19 vaccines are being developed across the world, with 10 candidates already in human trials
- Worldwide, the novel coronavirus has now claimed at least 404,245 lives