Gov. Edwards: Authorization of COVID-19 vaccine historic and hopeful moment
Courtesy Office of Gov. John Bel Edwards
Governor John Bel Edwards
and last updated 2020-12-11 23:21:32-05
Shortly after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the widespread use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, Governor John Bel Edwards said the moment was a hopeful and historic one for the country and state.
In the statement, which was released late Friday night, the governor thanked scientists, doctors, and other health care workers and researchers who have contributed to the vaccine s development.
Louisiana s first two weekly shipments of the Pfizer vaccine will total around 79,000 doses, Edwards said, with the first doses being administered to health care and emergency medical services workers. The group totals between 125,000 and 135,000 people.