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Trump Warns That US May Use Defense Production Act To Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Supply

 
• By Cathy Kelly

President’s comments follow two revelations: Pfizer’s acknowledgement that it will not meet its previously-stated vaccine production goals for 2020, and the US government’s decide to pass on additional Pfizer doses which have since been allocated to other countries.

The US government might invoke its authorities under the Defense Production Act to ensure US citizens have access to COVID-19 vaccines funded by the government before doses are sent abroad, President Trump suggested at a COVID-19 vaccine summit at the White House on 8 December.

He mentioned the Defense Production Act in connection with a newly-signed executive order meant to “ensure the US government prioritizes the getting out of the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other nations

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