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Approximately 272,000 people have gotten the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, CDC says From CNN's Jen Christensen Dr. Steve Brandwene receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in Hollywood, Florida, on December 18. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Dr. Tom Clark said that as of Saturday, at least 272,001 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been administered in the United States  During a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Clark said that the number was a “minimal estimate,” since there is a lag time i...

India surpasses 10 million coronavirus cases From CNN's Esha Mitra in New Delhi A health worker collects a swab sample from a man for Covid-19 test, at a dispensary in New Delhi, India, on December 5. Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images India surpassed 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases Saturday after adding 25,152 new infections from the past 24 hours, according to the country's Health Ministry. India is the second country to hit 10 million cases, after the United States, which has reported more than 17.4 million infections, according to Johns Hopkins University. India's total number ...

Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine trial is now fully enrolled From CNN Health’s Jen Christensen Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that its late stage Covid-19 vaccine trial is fully enrolled. The vaccine, made by J&J subsidiary Janssen, comes in a single dose. The trial now has about 45,000 participants.  The company said with the high rate of disease transmission among the general population in the United States, this number of volunteers should be enough to quickly get the data the company needs to determine if the vaccine works and to determine if it is safe. J&J expects to have interi...

US FDA plans to quickly issue emergency use authorization for Moderna vaccine From CNN Health’s Maggie Fox The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it plans to grant emergency use authorization to Moderna for its coronavirus vaccine. “Following today’s positive advisory committee meeting outcome regarding the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration has informed the sponsor that it will rapidly work toward finalization and issuance of an emergency use authorization,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn and Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center f...