Americans should have widespread access to the coronavirus vaccine within a reasonable time frame once its effectiveness and safety is confirmed. This was announced on Friday, July 31, by the chief infectious disease specialist of the United States Anthony Fauci.
Speaking to a House Collegium investigating the country’s response to the pandemic, Fauci expressed cautious optimism about the availability of the vaccine, APNews reported.
“I believe that within a certain time in 2021, Americans will be able to get it,” the doctor said. According to the specialist, the authorities will create a list of those who will be vaccinated earlier than others. But all Americans will get it.
The site has already registered 250,000 people to recruit those wishing to take part in clinical trials, he added.
As it became known the day before, Chinese hackers associated with the country’s government attacked the American biotechnology company Moderna Inc., a leading American developer of research on a vaccine against coronavirus. The US Department of Justice has indicted two Chinese citizens.
On the same day, the Spallanzani National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Rome began human trials of a coronavirus vaccine.