Probably people in the country where you developed the first effective vaccine.
A dozen different vaccines are already at various stages of testing, in Great Britain, China, the United States and other countries. This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, expressed cautious optimism that there will be a vaccine for COVID-19 at the end of the year or early 2021.
Various rich countries have already asked millions dose of those experimental vaccines.
Britain and the United States, for example, have invested in a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and produced by AstraZeneca. British politicians say that, if effective, it will be used in their country. The United States is expected to start collecting it this fall and has invested in other candidates as well.
Various groups, such as the GAVI vaccine alliance, are also working to buy doses for poor countries and AstraZeneca has agreed to license its vaccine to the Serum Institute in India for the production of 1 billion doses. The World Health Organization is creating guidelines for the ethical distribution of vaccines against COVID-19.
The distribution will depend on each country. Last week, US officials said they were developing a tiered system for it. Such a system would most likely prioritize groups at highest risk for complications from COVID-19 and essential workers.
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