Fauci tells Congress 'it might take some time' before the public gets a coronavirus vaccine
White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Wednesday "it might take some time" for FDA-approved inoculations for Covid-19 to become available because of the "rigorous clinical testing required" to develop a safe and effective vaccine.
Still, he added, there is "growing optimism" that scientists will find one or more safe and effective vaccines by the end of the year or early 2021.
In prepared remarks for delivery at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Fauci touted vaccines by Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, which announced earlier in the day that it began a phase three trial testing of its vaccine. J&J is the fourth drugmaker backed by the Trump administration's Covid-19 vaccine program Operation Warp Speed to enter late-stage testing, behind Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
Fauci said a fifth vaccine, by Novavax, is expected to begin a late-stage testing in October.
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