On Wednesday we reported on positive signs about the viability of a coronavirus vaccine, produced by US pharmaceutical company Moderna.
Following that news, the country’s leading expert on infectious diseases has predicted the US should have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.
“I feel good about the projected timetable,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told Reuters news agency.
He said he was not “worried” about the idea of China getting there first.
“I think everybody’s sort of on the same track,” he said. “They’re not going to get it particularly sooner than we get it. That’s for sure.”
Like other scientists, he said many questions remain about coronavirus including how long an immune response provoked by a vaccine would last.
Source: BBC
