Health group CEPI said the earlier assessment didn’t account for the possibility of companies working closely together to accelerate the process, faster enrollment in human trials and other factors LONDON : A vaccine to halt the coronavirus pandemic could be available as early as this year for vulnerable groups such as health-care workers, even faster than initially thought, according to a key group at the heart of the global development effort.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, which is funding nine different coronavirus vaccine projects, has previously suggested a shot could be ready within 12 to 18 months, an already ambitious target.