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Fauci Says It's 'Doable' To Have Millions Of Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine By January

Noting that trials are still in the early phase, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the plan is to develop a vaccine that is safe, effective — and can be quickly scaled up for distribution.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference at the White House on April 16.

There's a chance that hundreds of millions of doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine could be available by early next year, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said on Thursday, even as the federal government has yet to approve a vaccine against the virus.

In an appearance on , Fauci was asked if he thought it was "in the

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