Trump says US reopening, 'vaccine or no vaccine'

Coronavirus: Trump says US reopening, 'vaccine or no vaccine'

President Donald Trump says the US will reopen, "vaccine or no vaccine", as he announced an objective to deliver a coronavirus jab by year end.

He likened the vaccine project, dubbed "Operation Warp Speed", to the World War Two effort to produce the world's first nuclear weapons.

But Trump made clear that even without a vaccine, Americans must begin to return to their lives as normal.

Many experts doubt that a coronavirus jab can be developed within a year.

"I don't want people to think this is all dependent on a vaccine," Trump said speaking at a White House Rose Garden news conference on Friday.

"Vaccine or no vaccine, we're back. And we're starting the process. In many cases they don't have vaccines and a virus or a flu comes and you fight through it. Other things have never had a vaccine and they go away. I think the schools should be back in the fall," he added.

(Source: BBC)