Dr Musa added that previous candidate vaccines for MERS and SARS could give a jump start to the development of a Covid-19 vaccine. "If I had to hazard an optimistic best guess, I would say (a Covid-19 vaccine would be developed) within six months," he said to Bernama. It has engaged, among others, the Queensland University to work on a vaccine using its recently developed rapid response technology. The team is optimistic that it will be able to develop the Covid-19 vaccine within six months. CEPI is also funding Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc to develop the Covid-19 vaccine.

Source: The Star February 12, 2020 04:18 UTC