18 December 2020, 9:05 pm EST By The official United States Food and Drug Administration, or more popularly known as the FDA, has recently issued an Emergency Use Authorization otherwise known as EUA, for the new Moderna COVID vaccine. This was reportedly as expected after a particular independent panel that was commissioned by the administration since it recommended its approval some time earlier this week. Moderna COVID vaccine gets EUA According to the story by Tech Radar, this is the very second COVID vaccine that is now authorized for use within the United States under the Emergency Use Authorization or EUA, after the recent Pfizer COVID vaccine was just approved some time last week. Pfizer might have had a head start but it is still only a week and a lot could happen in the following months.