US hopes to vaccinate 20M this year, 100M by end of February
The US hopes to be able to immunize 20 million people against COVID-19 this month — and 100 million by the end of February, according to a leader of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed (OWS).
If vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna soon get emergency approval — as expected — then it could see 20 million of the most vulnerable Americans getting shots by the end of the year, Moncef Slaoui, the operation”s scientific advisor, said Wednesday.
Another 30 million would get shots in January and then 50 million in February — possibly even more if other leading vaccine candidates get approved by then, too, said Slaoui, who was appointed by President Trump in May.
“Between mid-December, and the end of February, we will have potentially immunized 100 million people,” Slaoui said, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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