The World Health Organization (WHO), since the development of vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus began, has been cautious about a process that, under normal circumstances, lasts a decade. But in this moment. the health crisis could push the pharmaceutical industries to reduce the development of a vaccine to a year or a year and a half. But today, for the first time in a long time, the WHO admitted there was hope, as six vaccines are at a very advanced stage.
The organization’s chief executive, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said three of these vaccines are under development in China, two of them in the United States (Pfizer and Moderna) and one in the United Kingdom (AstraZeneca, in collaboration with the University of Oxford). From the start of 2021, the mass production phase could begin, and therefore allow general vaccination campaigns.
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