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Here’s what you need to know about the impact of Covid-19 to navigate the markets today.
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President Donald Trump vetoed a $740.5 billion defense bill Wednesday. The president said he objected to a process in the bill for renaming military bases named after Confederate soldiers, what he called too-soft treatment of China, and the absence of language repealing internet platforms’ broad immunity from liability for content posted by users. The House has scheduled a vote on Dec. 28 to override the president’s veto, with the Senate set to follow on Dec. 29.
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Pfizer (ticker: PFE) has reached a deal with the U.S. government to provide an additional 100 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with Germany’s
The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31.
Pfizer already has a contract to supply the government with 100 million doses of its vaccine, which requires two doses per patient.
Under the nearly $2 billion deal announced Wednesday, the companies will deliver at least 70 million additional doses by June 30, with the remaining 30 million to be delivered no later than July 31. The government also has the option to acquire up to an additional 400 million doses.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement that the latest deal can give people confidence that we will have enough supply to vaccinate every American who wants it by June 2021.
Pfizer and BioNTech announced a new $2billion vaccine deal with the US on Wednesday
The companies will deliver at least 70 million of the additional doses by June 30, with the remaining 30 million doses to be delivered no later than July 31
The government also has the option to acquire up to an additional 400 million doses
HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the latest deal can give people confidence that we will have enough supply to vaccinate every American who wants it by June 2021
Pfizer to supply U.S. with additional 100M vaccines doses
Pfizer and BioNTech will supply the U.S. with an additional 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine under a new agreement By JONATHAN LEMIRE and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
Published: December 23, 2020, 8:22am
Share: Surgeon General of the U.S. Jerome Adams, left, elbow-bumps Emergency Room technician Demetrius Mcalister after Mcalister got the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Youngrae Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)
WASHINGTON Pfizer said Wednesday it will supply the U.S. government with an additional 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine under a new agreement between the pharmaceutical giant and the Trump administration.
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DC Mayor announces Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Day
On Wednesday, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser proclaimed Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, “Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Day” in the nation’s capital.
The date, which is also Christmas Eve, is Fauci’s birthday. The nation s leading infectious disease expert will be turning 80 years old.
Fauci is a prominent member of the White House s coronavirus task force and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He has become a public figure and reassuring face of the country’s response to the pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and upended daily life.