It will be one to two years before a coronavirus vaccine is developed: Bill Gates

• Gates is funding production of the seven most promising ideas for a vaccine.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said that it will likely still be one to two years before a coronavirus vaccine is developed and ready for large-scale production.

In an interview on CNN, Gates, who is funding production of the seven most promising ideas for a vaccine, said, “If everything went perfectly, we’d be in scale manufacturing within a year."

However, he continued that it could be as long as two years before the vaccine is developed. Gates added that contrary to what some have said, vaccine production will probably not start in September.

“It's very hard to compress these timeframes and, you know, if everything went perfectly, we'd be in scale manufacturing within a year. We may not achieve that. It could be as long as two years,” Bill Gates says about a potential coronavirus vaccine. pic.twitter.com/vzRZF2XgWs

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