USA / Unlikely that COVID-19 vaccine will be ready in October: Fauci

America's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said it's unlikely that a coronavirus vaccine will be available by October but it's not impossible. "I think most of the people feel it's going to be November, December," Fauci added. Earlier, the US government had asked states to get ready to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine by November 1.

Reuters : Sep 04, 2020, 09:37 AM
WASHINGTON- Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said on Thursday it is unlikely a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready by the end of October, but that it is not impossible.

“I think most of the people feel it’s going to be November, December,” Fauci said in a CNN interview when asked about the possibility of an earlier release, adding a clinical trial could prompt drug developers to decide a vaccine works sooner. “It is conceivable that you can have it by October, though I don’t think that that’s likely.”