[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Currently, there are are 105 coronavirus vaccines in development, according to BioWorld.
Of those, about eight have begun testing in humans. But the majority of companies producing the jabs have less than adequate funding, staffers and equipment.
The official, who was authorized to speak to Science on the condition of anonymity, said the idea for Operation Warp Speed came about in early April.
'Looking around, it became clear that, without a really heroic effort, none of the existing efforts to produce vaccine was going to lead us to have vaccine to prevent what looks increasingly like a second wave that could sweep come October, November,' he told Science.
Members will be split into three teams - development, manufacturing and supply - and will be managed by a so-called 'core-team.'
According to the official, Operation Warp Speed is planning to push funding for eight vaccine candidates, which he declined to name. All the candidates will have to be proven safe and available to be manufactured by the hundreds of millions. By July, the team wants all eight to be conducting trials in humans. 
|
