Research on a vaccine against Covid-19 is advancing quickly. According to the European Medicines Agency, the distribution of injections could start "in January".
For several months, laboratories around the world have embarked on the search for a vaccine against the coronavirus. According to Guido Rasi, director of the European Medicines Agency, the body could give a favorable opinion on a vaccine in the coming weeks. "If the data is solid, we can give the green light to the first vaccine by the end of the year and start distribution from January", he explains in an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, published on November 14, 2020.
According to the boss of the European Medicines Agency, there could be "6 or 7 vaccines" against Covid-19 in 2021. Friday, the institution received "Pfizer's first clinical data for its vaccine", which he announced earlier this week to be 90% effective. His agency also "received preclinical data from AstraZeneca, data from animal studies which are already being evaluated" and had "several discussions with Moderna".
According to Guido Rasi, the results of the launch of a vaccine in January will start to be "visible in five to six months, mainly next summer". He believes that it is necessary to vaccinate "more than half of the population of the European Union" for "witness a decline in the pandemic", which requires "at least 500 million doses". "Obviously, it will not be possible to immunize everyone, but we will start with the most exposed categories, such as the elderly and healthcare workers, which will start to block transmission bridges.", explains the director of the European Medicines Agency. Vaccinate everyone "will take at least a year", and "if all goes well at the end of 2021, we will have sufficient immunization", he believes.
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