The nation’s top infectious disease expert Doctor Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday while appearing before a congressional committee that he expected a vaccine to become available for the novel coronavirus, but warned that it could take some time. He said that one wouldn’t likely be available until the end of the year at best.
As a video of the hearing published by the Washington Post shows, Fauci said that a vaccine is on track to be ready for distribution by the end of 2020 or early 2021 and that the inoculation will be “essential” in battling the spread of COVID-19.
But while he told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday that he is “cautiously optimistic” that a vaccine will be made available by that time, he warned that there isn’t an imminent breakthrough that could bring sooner relief as the virus continues to spread across the country.
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