Greek expert sees new coronavirus vaccine being ready ‘relatively quickly’

A Greek scientist who provided a genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus that is responsible for the recent epidemic that broke out in Wuhan, China, says that a vaccination against the virus is within reach and should be ready "relatively quickly."

"We consider that the coronavirus vaccine will be available relatively quickly, possibly even in a few months if we also estimate the time required for clinical tests," Dimitrios Paraskevis, associate professor of preventive medicine and hygienic epidemiology at the Athens University School of Medicine, told the Greek City Times in an interview published on Tuesday.

Seeking to allay public concerns about the virus' potency, Paraskevis noted that the "coronavirus is not so lethal in relation to other viruses."
"Coronavirus as well as flu virus causes, to a great extent, very mild symptoms. The death rate was...