Director of the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci (pictured), said on Tuesday that yesterday NIAID authorized entrance of the vaccine against the COVID-19 in phase one.
He said that "very soon, in a month, month and a half, we’ll be sticking the first person in the arm with the vaccine. But this is only the first stage. We will be giving it to normal healthy people. Phase two trial comes in the next three or four months. The whole process will take one, one and a half years at least."
Fauci added that there are two large trials happening right now in China. "When we get their results in several months, we will have our own trial. If the drug works and you prove it works – you will treat people. You have to cumulate enough patients, up to 400 patients in each trial. When it's over and if the drug works after we evaluate the data – then we’ll know what to do."
