US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday that he expects COVID-19 vaccines to be ready soon.<br />According to CNN, Azar said he anticipates "one or two safe and effective" vaccines by the end of the year.<br />At least two of the six vaccines being evaluated by Pfizer and Moderna have produced promising results in trials.<br />Azar's remarks come at a time when U.S. public health officials are "seeing a distressing trend".<br />The number of COVID-19 cases across the country are surging with nearly 60,000 new cases per day.<br />The United States has suffered over 8.5 million cases of the coronavirus since it began.
