The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top scientist said Monday thatCOVID-19 vaccines will probably be available in December or early 2021 forsubmission to regulators for approval.
Asked by Anadolu Agency about a possible timeline for vaccines to combatthe pandemic, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said: “It’s very encouraging to seethe progress in the clinical trials that are happening all around theworld.”
He added: “As you know, we have about 40 vaccine candidates now in somestage of clinical trials, and 10 of them are in the Phase 3 trials, whichare the late-stage clinical trials, which will tell us about both theefficacy and the safety.”
He said that the earliest date for a vaccine to come onto the market tosubmit to regulators “is starting from December of 2020, into the earlypart of 2021.”
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Dr. Mariangela Simao, the WHO’s head of access to medicines and healthproducts, said that the vaccine developed would have to be licensed in thecountry where the trial took place.
