How soon is the Covid-19 vaccine getting authorised.
Scientists and researchers are racing to find the Covid-19 vaccine and many are waiting anxiously to be vaccinated but the biggest question will be when is soon?
By Pamela Munyoro
Moderna is filing for the US and European Emergency Regulatory approval of its Coronavirus vaccine so that they can be recommended for widespread use.
Regulators will look at the trial data and decide if it is safe and effective enough to allow for all use.
Pfizer whose vaccine is similar to Moderna is expected to be the first to receive Food and Drug Administration authorisation in the coming weeks.
It expects to produce enough vaccine to vaccinate about 12,5 million Americans by the end of 2020.
With these estimates, it would take months or years to vaccinate everyone in the world and by the time it reaches other countries, the virus might resurge again leaving some stranded or some vaccines might not be environmental friendly and some might react differently.
UK regulators are also reviewing data on Pfizer vaccine, as well as another type of vaccine from AstraZenca and Oxford University for approval.
Many vaccines are on the way and it will take time for everyone to be vaccinated as soon as many would want.
Bill Gruber, senior Vice President of Vaccine Clinical Research and Development asserts that:
“The vaccine will be distributed to health care workers on the front line as well as people at high risk of severe disease as soon as the drug is authorised,”
As the world at large we wait patiently for the vaccines to be authorised, as we now learn how to survive in the new world after Covid-19 pandemic.
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