The United States hopes to start a vaccination program against covid-19 in the first half of DecemberMoncef Slaoui, head of the government’s so-called ‘Operation Warp Speed’, told CNN on Sunday to find a vaccine as soon as possible.
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“Our plan is to be able to send the vaccines to the vaccination sites within 24 hours of approval” from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said the scientist. “So I hope maybe on the second day of approval, on December 11 or 12,” he added.
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According to various reports, FDA regulators will meet Dec. 8-10 to analyze and debate the approval of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which both companies say are approximately 95% effective.
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The government plans to vaccinate 20 million people at risk in December, and thereafter 25-30 million per month.
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“Normally, with the level of effectiveness that we have (95%), immunizing approximately 70% of the population would give a true herd immunity. It will probably happen in May, or something like that, depending on our plans,” he said, according to a report from the AFP agency.
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“Really I hope that the level of negative perception of the vaccine will decrease and acceptance will increase by the people. This is going to be essential to help us, “he added, referring to the distrust of many Americans about this immunization.
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