Interviewed on Fox News on Sunday, Donald Trump estimated that a coronavirus vaccine could be available by the end of the year. According to the American president, "many" pharmaceutical groups are "very close". 

US President Donald Trump estimated on Sunday that a coronavirus vaccine would be available by the end of 2020. "We think we will have a vaccine by the end of this year," he said. he said on a special on Fox News at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington.

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"The doctors are going to say: you shouldn't say that. I'm saying what I think," he added. "We are pushing very hard (...) many (pharmaceutical) groups are, I think, very close," he said. What would be its reaction if a country discovered a vaccine before the United States? "I don't care," he replied. "I just want to have a vaccine that works."

The year 2021 will be "incredible", he predicts

There are around a hundred Covid-19 vaccine projects around the world, including ten in clinical trials, according to data released by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

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Hammering his will to allow the country's activities to resume in a prudent manner but "as quickly as possible", the American president was optimistic about the economic prospects. The year 2021 will be "incredible", he predicted.

The tenant of the White House has also once again defended his decisions since the start of the pandemic. "I think we have saved millions of lives," he said.