Tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to be available by early 2021- Fauci

Tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to be available by early 2021- Fauci

By Sandeep Sanyal
Thursday 06/08/2020
Dr Anthony Fauci says drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine [image: ABC news]

The top U.S government official on infectious diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci says drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine in the early part of next year, with production ramping up so that it hits a billion doses by the end of 2021.

Fauci says he has not seen any pressure from the White House to announce a vaccine close to the Nov. 3 election in the hopes of boosting President Donald Trump’s re-election chances.

Fauci adds that regulators have promised “they are not going to let political considerations interfere” with the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine and that “safety and efficacy” will be their primary considerations.

[Source: globalnews.ca] 

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