Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2020
Swift COVID-19 vaccine within reach, say Swiss scientists
21 April 2020 - A team of researchers at the University of Bern is hoping to be the first to produce a vaccine against COVID-19 and inoculate the entire Swiss population in October.
“We have a realistic chance of being successful,” said Martin Bachmann, head of immunology at the Swiss university via a web conference with ACANU, the United Nations press association. “Switzerland has a history of being pragmatic and is more interested in finding a compromise to get the vaccine faster.”
Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak and its designation by the World Health Organization as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern at the end of January, most international health experts and authorities have said a vaccine should not be expected for about a year to 18 months - at the earliest.
