coronavirus could be available to the most vulnerable by the end of 2020. The most recent data shows fewer than 8% of the population has already contracted Covid-19, with hope now being pinned on a potential vaccine to halt the spread.Although a firm date has yet to be announced, the government's top scientists have said that a vaccine could be ready for roll out to certain groups of people as soon as the end of the year.
In an urgent briefing on Monday morning, chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said there is “good progress being made” on developing a vaccine, adding: “Many vaccines now have shown they generate an immune response of a type that ought to be protective. “We don’t yet know they will work but there is increasing.