The current President of the United States Donald Trump has revealed the delivery time of the American vaccine against coronavirus the world. He stated this in a New Year’s address, his words are quoted by Interfax .
“We will provide the vaccine to all US citizens early next year. We will begin shipping the vaccine to the entire world shortly thereafter,” he said.
The American leader emphasized that it usually takes up to 10 years to develop a vaccine, but American scientists did it in just nine months. According to him, initially, experts considered such a pace “completely unrealistic”.
On December 13, the leadership of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved a > US vaccines from BioNTech and Pfizer in emergencies. The first person to receive the vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer in the United States was New York nurse Sandra Lindsay, who has worked with COVID-19 patients for the past ten months. Then, on December 19, the US authorities approved the second coronavirus vaccine, Moderna, for use in the country.
Last week, the US President-elect was vaccinated against coronavirus Joe Biden and his wife Jill. The 78-year-old politician was vaccinated with a drug from Pfizer and BioNTech at ChristianaCare Hospital in Newark, Delaware. Biden said that he was vaccinated to set an example for fellow citizens and show the safety of the drug.