Pfizer on Thursday said it should know by the end of October whether a COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with German partner BioNTech SE is safe and effective. "These are all guesstimates," Fauci told CNN, when asked about Pfizer's comments, adding most experts project a vaccine will be ready by November or December. 'WOULD NOT HESITATE FOR A MOMENT'CDC documents showed the agency is preparing for one or two vaccines against COVID-19 to be available in limited quantities as soon as late October. Fauci told CNN he is confident the FDA and independent advisory panels of experts will review the data on vaccine candidates to make sure they are both safe and effective. Fauci told CNN he "would not hesitate for a moment to take the vaccine myself and recommend it for my family" if data showed it to be safe and effective.

Source: bd News24 September 03, 2020 18:45 UTC