Vaccine for coronavirus may not be available until the end of the year..

Director General of WHO

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Source: Keystone

The General Secretary of the World Health Organization has expressed concerns about the impact of a coronavirus outbreak in countries with weaker healthcare systems.


His comments come at a time when some experts are predicting that a vaccine to combat the coronavirus now called COVID-19 may not be available until the end of the year.


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