Don't expect first Covid-19 vaccinations until early 2021 - WHO's Ryan

Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) asks not to expect covid-19 vaccines until early 2021. Credit: Reuters Photo

Researchers are making good progress in developing vaccines against Covid-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.

"Realistically it is going to be the first part of next year before we start seeing people getting vaccinated," Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's emergencies programme, told a public event on social media.

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