worldUpdated: Aug 16, 2020 11:45 ISTAnthony Fauci, top US infectious disease expert, expressed hope that the Covid-19 vaccine should be made available by the end of this year, beginning of 2021, “in a safe way”. In an interview with American news broadcaster PBS, Fauci said it shouldn’t take later than the start of the next year to get the vaccine. Fauci added that even half an effective vaccine would be good enough to bring the world back to normalcy within a year. “You need to be looking if a vaccine is safe and effective,” he told the PBS. Experts believe Moscow’s plan could put pressure on other governments to rush ahead of regulators and skip key steps in order to push a vaccine out in the market, putting public health at risk.

Source: Hindustan Times August 16, 2020 05:41 UTC