Video. Dr Moncef Slaoui, on the anti-Covid-19 vaccine: “my mission is almost accomplished”

By Ayoub Khattabi on 27/11/2020 at 14:02

In an interview with a Canadian television channel, Moncef Slaoui, co-leader of Operation Warp Speed, assures us that the United States will be able to produce sufficient doses of vaccines against Covid-19 to be able to vaccinate all Americans by May or June 2021. .

Dr. Moncef Slaoui was very satisfied with the speed with which the research process took place.

“We have progressed very satisfactorily, very quickly, without jeopardizing the safety and harmlessness of vaccines,” assured the scientific director of Operation Warp Speed.

The goal of this large-scale operation, which received a total budget of $ 18 billion and also benefited from logistical assistance from the US military, was to produce and distribute 300 million doses of vaccines, the first of which it will be available by January 2021.

“There are currently approximately 6.5 million doses of Pfizer – BioNTech vaccine and approximately 2 million of Moderna vaccine, but distribution must await FDA approval. [la Food and Drug Administration, l’agence fédérale américaine des denrées alimentaires et des médicaments, Ndlr]. By the end of the year, there will be nearly 20 million doses of each of the two vaccines, ”explained Dr Slaoui.

Anticipating the approval of two other vaccines, those from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, in late January or early February, Dr Slaoui estimated there will be enough vaccines to cover between 50 and 60 million people per month. .

The United States, he continued, will have vaccinated the entire American population by May or June 2021.

The first doses of the vaccine produced on American soil will be given priority to American citizens, said this researcher in immunology and molecular biology.