WHO Chief Scientist on ICMR Vaccine—Speed Important but Not at Cost of Scientific, Ethical Standards

Dr. Swaminathan told The Wire that 150 different attempted vaccines are at the pre-clinical stage of testing, 17-18 are in clinical stages and one or two in phase-3. She said it will only be in early 2021, and that too if we are lucky, that a vaccine would be discovered. She said it would be the end of 2021 before it is available in sufficient volumes. She added the world still has to work out who will be the people to get the first vaccines.