A top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci has revealed when the COVID-19 vaccine would be available.
Fauci said that the first doses of a successful COVID-19 vaccine would be available by late December 2020 or early January 2021.
According to Fauci, the first preliminary COVID-19 vaccine trial results should be out within the next few weeks.
Fauci, who is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Americans would know in December whether or not they would have a safe and effective vaccine.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Government has reportedly pre-ordered millions of promising vaccine candidates with Pfizer and Moderna, whose final stage of clinical testing began in late July.
The U.S. coronavirus caseload currently stands at about 8.9 million as at the time of filing this report including 228,194 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic.
In the meantime, the World Health Organisation, WHO has stated that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over.