50 Million Americans Could Receive COVID-19 Vaccine by January: HHS
Alex Azar, head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said on Monday that by the end of January, some 50 million Americans could have received their first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Azar made the remarks at a vaccine kickoff event at the George Washington University Hospital, which received its first shipment of the vaccine on Monday morning. Developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, the COVID-19 vaccine won emergency use authorization on Friday.
“We literally have millions of doses right now getting out there to the American people,” Azar said. “And by next week, we believe we could be having a second vaccine.”
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Respiratory care practitioner Raul Aguilar receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dr. Maggie Hagan, an infectious disease specialist at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis hospital got the second dose of the coronavirus vaccination on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Wichita, Kan. Garrett is a MICU nurse serving in the COVID-19 Unit. Administering it is Aimee Wilson, supervisor, Associate and Occupational Health for Ascension Via Christi. (Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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