WASHINGTON _ Army labs conducting research on the coronavirus are confident that "some form" of a vaccine will be identified by the end of this year, but cautioned that large-scale access to it will take time and that much remains unknown about COVID-19.
The Army scientists are working on a vaccine candidate that is separate from four major private-sector efforts that are currently in human trials and are the focus of Operation Warp Speed, an all-of-government push for the discovery and development of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year.
But while the government's goal is to achieve a vaccine "in some scale" by the end of 2020, ramping up public access will almost certainly extend into 2021, one Army scientist said on a call with reporters Tuesday.
