Coronavirus Update: US To Begin Mass Vaccinations After Pfizer’s Historic Emergency Authorization

Plus: India To Examine Healthcare Access

The first vaccinations are due to begin in the US, with the government extending its agreement with Moderna to bolster its vaccines supplies.

Pfizer Trucks
The first consignments of the vaccines left Pfizer's manufacturing facility near Kalamazoo, Michigan on 13 December. • Source: Pfizer

The first immunizations against COVID-19 in the United States are to begin on 14 December, following the historic first emergency use authorization (EUA) of a vaccine, Pfizer/BioNTech’s BNT162b2.

The messenger RNA vaccine was granted the emergency clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration late on 11 December,...

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