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