'We'd love to see if we can do (distribute a proven coronavirus vaccine) prior to the end of the year,' Trump said Friday. 'I think we're going to have some very good results coming out very quickly.'
Likening it to the national push to build the atomic bomb during World War II, President Trump on Friday announced Operation Warp Speed, a government coordinating effort aimed at securing a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.Trump said from the White House Rose Garden
The presentation was short on details but noted the initiative is evaluating roughly 100 vaccine candidates from all over the world and has identified more than 14 believed to be the most promising. Officials are working to narrow the list still further.The government is providing support and resources to safely expedite trials on those vaccine candidates,"moving on at record, record, record speed," the President said.
The initiative brings together expertise from the National Institutes for Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies.The partnership also joins the resources of the Department of Health and Human Services together with the Department of Defense.
The U.S. is working with its allies and other countries on the effort. Specifically, Trump said, the U.S. would work with China, despite previous reports that a vaccine from the country where the pandemic began would not be considered for use in the United States.
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