Vaccine safety must come 'first and foremost' -- WHO chief scientist

The safety of any potential coronavirus vaccine comes 'first and foremost,' the World Health Organization's chief scientist said.

The safety of any potential coronavirus vaccine comes"first and foremost," the World Health Organization's chief scientist said Wednesday.

"The process still has to follow the rule of the game, which is go through the process of clinical trials," she added."We are putting a lot of investment into manufacturing well ahead of the results of the trials.

"It’s critical to quickly understand whether the illness has any relationship to the vaccine or the placebo and to share data openly, as Oxford University and AstraZeneca have done." "Today's news reminds us of the importance of funding and developing a wide range of vaccine candidates, alongside treatments and testing," said Weller."We don’t yet know which will be successful, but ensuring all advances are fairly available globally is our only exit from this pandemic."

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