Coronavirus news live: Donald Trump says US vaccine is ‘ready’ as UK records 189 more Covid deaths

U.S. President Donald Trump wearing a face mask. — Donald Trump claims that the US will get a Covid-19 vaccine ‘within weeks’ (Picture: REUTERS)

President Donald Trump said that a Covid-19 vaccine is ready and that it could be distributed ‘within weeks’.

Speaking at the presidential debate against Joe Biden Thursday night, the president said: ‘We have a vaccine that’s coming. ‘It’s ready, it’s going to be announced within weeks…the military is going to deliver the vaccine.’

When asked for a ‘guarantee’ that a shot would be ready within weeks, Trump answered: ‘It’s not a guarantee, it will be [ready] by the end of the year, there’s a good chance.’

The news comes as the UK recorded 189 deaths and 21,242 new coronavirus cases yesterday.

It is a drop of more than 5,000 from Wednesday’s 26,688 new infections, which was the highest number since the start of the pandemic.