WASHINGTON - The Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in U.S.- backed clinical trials, pledging to ease their countries’ access to any successful products, Reuters has learned.
Tens of thousands of volunteers must be recruited and scientists involved say it makes sense to test the vaccines for safety and effectiveness in diverse populations, including in other nations. U.S. health officials expect a successful vaccine to be identified by early 2021. “There was a concern by the international sites that we are rolling up our sleeves and contributing to the vaccine endeavor, and we don’t want to be in a position that these vaccines will be available and our countries can’t get them,” said Dr. Glenda Gray, the president and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council, who is preparing to set up sites for the vaccine developed by J&J’s Janssen division.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health, which is helping coordinate the trials, declined to comment. The White House did not immediately respond to questions.Global health agencies have lamented the rush by the United States and other wealthy nations to lock up vaccine doses in advance through direct deals with drugmakers. They say there should be a global distribution of vaccines based on infection risk, and want to make sure poorer nations have access.
The NIH and Operation Warp Speed are considering holding a scientific summit this summer to discuss how any successful COVID-19 vaccines might be distributed, both nationally and globally, the sources said.
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