German Minister: Germany may have a vaccine for COVID-19 in the coming months

German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday he expects the coming months, or eventually next year (2021) to reveal a vaccine to COVID-19.

On August 12th, the public health agency in Germany first released a report saying there would be a vaccine in autumn, but then the document was deleted from the Robert Koch (RKI) Institute website.

Institute said the document was not up-to-date and was published by mistake, reports Reuters.

I am optimistic that in the coming months, and certainly next year, there could be a” vaccine, Spahn told Germany's ZDF television.

Spahn refused to assign a specific month in which the vaccine would be available, saying that it is still not possible to determine how often people need to be vaccinated or how long that vaccine will prolong immunity.

But one thing we can say is that thanks to all of us who work together -- researchers, scientists, the public -- we will certainly have a vaccine faster than ever in human history”, the German minister said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to have Adopted a vaccine to COVID-19.

Spahn reiterated his doubts about that vaccine, called “Sputnik V”, saying there was relatively little data on it.

On Thursday in Germany, 1,454 cases of those infected with the new choreography have been recorded, bringing the total to 219,964.

The Robert Koch (RKI) Institute reported four more deaths.

So far, 9,211 people have lost their lives in Germany from COVID-19.