There are more than 200 COVID-19 vaccine candidates in development around the world, including more than 20 in human clinical trials. "Our first priority of course is to develop and produce enough quantity of safe and effective FDA-approved vaccines and therapeutics for use in the United States," Azar told reporters while on a visit to Taiwan. "But we anticipate having capacity that, once those needs are satisfied, those products would be available in the world community according to fair and equitable distributions that we would consult in the international community on." Azar also said that the United States' decision to leave the World Health Organisation (WHO) did not mean less international involvement for his country in global public health. "The United States has always been and will remain the largest funder of global public health in the world," he added.

Source: bd News24 August 10, 2020 09:00 UTC