Covid-19 vaccine by end of 2020, says Trump as drug search intensifies

US President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed confidence that a vaccine for coronavirus could be available by the end of this year. 

"I think we'll have a vaccine by the end of the year. We'll have a vaccine much sooner rather than later," Trump said at a Fox News virtual town hall.

The search for a vaccine for coronavirus infection has already intensified around the globe.The European Union has pledged to set up an international medical program with an initial pledge of raising $8 billion to find a vaccine and treatment for the pandemic.

In Britain, clinical trials have begun