Dr. Anthony Fauci is a prominent , top US official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases .
On February 26 , 2020 , a top U.S. health official from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , said that it will take `` at least a year to a year and a half at best '' to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus , contradicting U.S. President Doanld Trump , who said one day earlier that `` we 're very close to a vaccine .
Coronavirus disease 2019