France's Macron visits vaccine research centre

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday visited vaccine research and production site of a French pharmaceutical giant near Lyon, which is working on a COVID-19 vaccine.

Safi group promised last month that it would make its COVID-19 vaccine, when rey, available in all countries, after company's CEO said United States would get first access.

Safi CEO Paul Hudson's comments that a vaccine would go first to US prompted an angry reaction from French government.

Macron is pushing for vaccines to be considered a "common good" for humanity that must t be subject to market pressures.

Dozens of vaccine candidates in earlier sts of development are being pursued around world, yet a vaccine is likely to be a year or more away.