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Top US Health Official Says COVID-19 Vaccine Before November Is Unlikely

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In a phone press conference, National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins told reporters that he didn’t expect a COVID-19 vaccine to be approved before November or December 2020.

Collins added that when the vaccines do become available, he anticipates the first being targeted to health care workers and “patients at higher risk of complications” if they were to contract the virus.

Collins said the vaccine trials anticipate getting 30,000 people to participate, but a cohort of 10,000 could “potentially” give an indication of the vaccine’s safety and efficacy.

SOURCE: Reuters August 13, 2020