Pfizer, US strike 100 million COVID-19 vaccine deal with 70 million due by June
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Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
A box of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 22, 2020. Reuters/File
Pfizer will deliver at least 70 million doses by June 30
The purchase price amounts to $19.50 per shot
Pfizer, BioNTech expect to produce 1.3 billion doses in 2021
The US government will pay Pfizer nearly $2 billion for 100 million additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to bolster its supply as the country grapples with a nationwide spike in infections.
The Latest: Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection
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Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found that people who made antibodies to the coronavirus were much less likely to test positive again for up to six months and maybe longer.
This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. According to two new studies released on Tuesday, people who have antibodies from infection with the coronavirus seem less likely to get a second infection for several months and maybe longer.
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Trump calls on Congress to amend Covid relief bill
From CNN s Nikki Carvajal, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond
President Donald Trump speaks at an Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit at the White House on December 8. Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images
US President Donald Trump signaled he will not sign the coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress unless it amends the massive spending legislation.
“Send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a Covid relief package and maybe that administration will be me and we will get it done,” he said in a video released on Twitter.