Close to 8 million doses of two COVID-19 vaccines are going out this week The American Medical Association is urging Twitter, TikTok, Google and other social media giants to combat inaccuracies about the vaccine.
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FedEx trucks move the Moderna vaccine from the McKesson distribution center in Mississippi. (Photo by Paul Sancya - Pool/Getty Images)
An estimated 2 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 5.9 million doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be delivered this week, including on Christmas Day, Operation Warp Speed officials said Monday.
The Pfizer vaccine is being shipped to about 1,000 locations, and the Moderna vaccine will go to 3,500 sites, according to General Gustave Perna, chief operating officer for Operation Warp Speed. Because the recently approved Moderna vaccine does not need to be kept as cold as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, doses of the vaccine are being sent to harder-to-reach and more rural areas.
Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top health officials get coronavirus vaccine
Updated on: December 22, 2020 / 10:49 AM / CBS News Dr. Fauci gets the coronavirus vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who for many became the face of the federal government s COVID-19 pandemic response, rolled up his sleeve and didn t flinch as he got his first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine Tuesday. Fauci, the nation s top infectious disease expert, was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins and several NIH Clinical Center frontline health workers.
Fauci, who said he wanted to show he was extremely confident in the vaccine, pointed out that the new coronavirus vaccines have their roots in research performed by the scientists and grantees at the NIH. He flashed a thumbs-up once his shot was over.
Pfizer and Trump administration nearing a deal for additional coronavirus vaccine doses Antonia Noori Farzan, Derek Hawkins, Kim Bellware, Miriam Berger, Hannah Denham, Reis Thebault, Lateshia Beachum
Fauci, Azar and Collins receive their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine
Replay Video UP NEXT The Trump administration and Pfizer are close to a deal for the pharmaceutical giant to provide tens of millions of additional vaccine doses through next spring and summer, according to the people familiar with the negotiations. The deal could be announced as soon as Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Pfizer would get help from the federal government in procuring supplies to make the vaccine, said the individuals who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly about the matter.
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(Bloomberg) The new Covid-19 strain that emerged in the U.K. is possibly already in the U.S., Germany, France and Switzerland, officials in those countries said. Ireland imposed new restrictions to stem an “extraordinary growth” in cases, and said the nation should act on the assumption that the new variant has arrived.
Pfizer Inc.’s partner BioNTech SE is exploring options to boost vaccine production, and its chief executive officer said its shot will probably work against the new virus strain. Taiwan reported the first locally transmitted infection since April, ending what was the world’s longest stretch without a domestic case.