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Johnson & Johnson today announced that Janssen Biotech has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting Emergency Use Authorization for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine.
The company said it expects to have the product available to ship immediately following authorization and to supply 100 million doses to the U.S. in the first half of 2021.
However, Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical officer on COVID-19 vaccine efforts for the Biden Administration, said it could become available next month. If FDA determines it meets their standards, the vaccine could be available this March, Dr. Anthony Fauci said by Twitter during a Q& A on Thursday.
People lined up outside supermarket to get COVID vaccine appointment turned away
New Jersey Herald
The frustration was palpable as people, mostly senior citizens, began to line up in the cold outside the ShopRite of Byram vaccination clinic shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday, only to be told no appointments were available and to try again next week.
For Jane Wintermute, 76, of Sparta and Helen Totaro, 83, of Roxbury, it meant being turned away after dialing the store s vaccination hotline repeatedly over the last 10 days and struggling just to get through. I keep calling the number, and they said they re out of the vaccine but to keep trying, Wintermute said.
Arizona COVID-19 updates: Vaccine ingredients can trigger rare allergic reactions Arizona Republic
Arizona s seven-day, new-case average again ranked first among all states Sunday after ranking first and second the past two weeks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s COVID Data Tracker.
The state s rate of new positive cases during the past seven days was 4183736001 cases per 100,000 people as of Sunday afternoon, per the CDC. The U.S. average for new cases is 52.6 cases per 100,000 people. The average daily COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people during the past seven days also ranked first in the nation as of Sunday, CDC data show.