The first two vaccines against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 will be available to Americans in the coming weeks, vaccination may begin before Christmas. This was announced by the US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar after reporting that that Moderna is likely to get US approval for emergency use of its vaccine, reports agency Reuters .
Azar said that US Vice President Mike Pence later in this On the same day, he will discuss vaccination with state governors. One of the topics of discussion will be which groups of the population will be in priority for receiving the vaccine.
Previously, the President of the country Donald Trump called the date of the appearance of the American vaccine against COVID-19 in the public domain. He promised that the drug will become available to the entire population of the United States in April next year. The Vaccine Advisor to the incumbent President’s Administration Moncef Sloughi had previously claimed that the first vaccine injections will be made on December 11 or 12.
The United States remains the leader in terms of the number of people infected with coronavirus. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 13.3 million infected people have been identified in the country, 266 thousand patients have died. In total, more than 62 million cases of the disease have been recorded in the world, 1.4 million people have died.