WHO chief scientist: 'We should see vaccine rollout by mid-2021'

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04 September, 2020, 10:40 pm
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"Certainly by the middle of 2021, we should start to see some vaccines moving into countries and populations" Soumya Swaminathan said at a news briefing in Geneva
File Photo: Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine Covid-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

The World Health Organization is hopeful that a novel coronavirus vaccine will be ready internationally by mid-2021, its chief scientist said on Friday.

"Certainly by the middle of 2021, we should start to see some vaccines moving into countries and populations" Soumya Swaminathan said at a news briefing in Geneva.

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