First shot of Pfizer vaccine in U.S. will be given in less than 24 hours :Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, that the first shot would be administered in the United States in less than 24 hours.
“The first vaccine will be administered in less than 24 hours,” said Trump in a video released on his Twitter page.
The FDA granted an emergency use authorization for the vaccine, developed with German partner BioNTech, which was shown to be 95% effective in preventing the disease in a late-stage trial.
The FDA said the vaccine can be given to people aged 16 and older. Healthcare workers and elderly people in long-term care facilities are expected to be the main recipients of a first round of 2.9 million doses.
The U.S. government has said it will begin distributing the vaccine around the country immediately after FDA authorization, and that the first inoculations would happen early next week.
