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Sir Jeremy Farrar: 'I do believe there will be a vaccine' in 2020 and 2021

Sir Jeremy is the director of the Wellcome Trust, a funder of scientific research in the UK. How confident is he that a vaccine to Covid-19 will be available in the next year?

Amid the talk of spikes and second waves one thing is clear 鈥� people predicting an early end to the coronavirus pandemic are indulging in wishful thinking. Can we find a way of living with Covid-19 that respects the science while mitigating the damage being done to our economic and social lives? Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust and a key scientific adviser to the UK government. How dangerous is the moment we鈥檙e in?

(Photo: Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust)

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