Several semi-trucks were pictured departing from Pfizer Inc s Kalamazoo site early Sunday morning
They contain the first doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine which was approved for use by the FDA Friday
The initial shipments with deliver 2.9 million doses to 64 states, US territories and major cities, officials said
This is the biggest vaccination effort in American history at a critical juncture of the pandemic
Dr. Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the FDA, said he hopes the first vaccine will be administered Monday
As of Saturday, there are 108,487 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across the United States
It marks the seventh day in a row that hospitalizations have broken a new record
COVID-19 vaccine shipments set in motion the biggest vaccination effort in American history
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