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Speaking from the Oval Office, President Trump praised the vaccine development efforts and his administration’s response to Covid-19. The president told reporters that he believes the public will hear “very good news” about vaccines.
Trump said he has spoken with the head of pharmaceutical company Pfizer, as the company claims it is on track to provide data on its vaccine trial for next month.
“I think the vaccines will be announced very soon, and I think you will see big companies advertising these vaccines,” Trump said. “And I think you are going to hear very good news. And also, for me, maybe even better, I think when it comes to therapy.”
Trump said he had spoken with Pfizer on Friday. A day earlier, the CEO of the company said he should have enough data to know if his product works by the end of October.
“As far as we are concerned, they are very close to announcing great news,” Trump said later. “The vaccines will come out soon and the therapy continues.”
Along with Pfizer, Trump said he has spoken with the bosses of Johnson and Johnson and Moderna, who are also working on a coronavirus vaccine.
“We have tremendous talent, some tremendous scientists, and they are there,” he said.
British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday it began phase three trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the United States, becoming the third company to begin late-phase trials of a vaccine to prevent Covid-19.
CNN reported Thursday that Trump has increased pressure on administration health officials to accelerate work on both a coronavirus vaccine and treatments that could signal to voters that the end of the life-changing pandemic is in sight. and that it has jeopardized his re-election prospects.
Regarding the jobs report released this morning that showed employers added 1.4 million jobs in August, the president said he believes the country will see “tremendous growth in the very near future.”
Trump’s rival Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, was soon to deliver comments from Delaware on the economy and Covid-19.
