<p>A vaccine for the coronavirus could be ready in a year's time under an "optimistic" scenario, based on data from trials that are under way, the European Medicines Agency said Thursday.</p>.<p>"We can see the possibility if everything goes as planned that some of them (vaccines) could be ready for approval in a year from now," Marco Cavaleri, the EMA's head of biological health threats and vaccines strategy, told a video news conference.</p>.<p>"These are just forecasts based on what we are seeing. But again I have to stress that this is a best-case scenario, we know not all vaccines that come into development may not make it to authorisation and disappear," he added.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>"We know also that there may be delays."</p>.<p>The agency was however "a bit sceptical" about reports that a vaccine could be ready as soon as September.</p>.<p>The Amsterdam-based EU agency meanwhile played down fears expressed by the World Health Organization that the virus "may never go away".</p>.<p>"I think it's a bit early to say but we have good reason to be sufficiently optimistic that some vaccines will make it," Cavaleri said.</p>.<p>"I would be surprised that if at the end of the day we don't have any vaccine for COVID-19."</p>
<p>A vaccine for the coronavirus could be ready in a year's time under an "optimistic" scenario, based on data from trials that are under way, the European Medicines Agency said Thursday.</p>.<p>"We can see the possibility if everything goes as planned that some of them (vaccines) could be ready for approval in a year from now," Marco Cavaleri, the EMA's head of biological health threats and vaccines strategy, told a video news conference.</p>.<p>"These are just forecasts based on what we are seeing. But again I have to stress that this is a best-case scenario, we know not all vaccines that come into development may not make it to authorisation and disappear," he added.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>"We know also that there may be delays."</p>.<p>The agency was however "a bit sceptical" about reports that a vaccine could be ready as soon as September.</p>.<p>The Amsterdam-based EU agency meanwhile played down fears expressed by the World Health Organization that the virus "may never go away".</p>.<p>"I think it's a bit early to say but we have good reason to be sufficiently optimistic that some vaccines will make it," Cavaleri said.</p>.<p>"I would be surprised that if at the end of the day we don't have any vaccine for COVID-19."</p>