Vaccine Unlikely to Eradicate CCP Virus: UK Chief Scientific Adviser

Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance leaves the Cabinet Office after a COBRA meeting ahead of the first daily public updates in London, on March 16, 2020. Leon Neal/Getty Images

COVID-19 will hardly be eliminated by a vaccine, and will likely circulate and be endemic, Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government, told Members of Parliament (MPs) on Monday.

While speaking to the National Security Strategy Committee at a hearing on biosecurity and national security, Vallance said it is unlikely that an effective vaccine will be available this winter.