Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield holds up a CDC document that reads "COVID-19 Vaccination Program Interim Playbook for Jurisdiction Operations" as he speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing "Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts" on Capitol Hill, Washington, U.S., September 16, 2020. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump took exception on Wednesday to comments from the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be broadly rolled out in mid-2021 and that masks might be even more effective.
Robert Redfield, in testimony to a congressional committee, said that general availability of a vaccine could come by "late second quarter, third quarter 2021."
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