New Mexico officials threw out 75 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine over concerns they became too warm during transportation Vials were being transported from the state’s Department of Health warehouse in Albuquerque to Union County General Hospital in Clayton on Tuesday While en route, a digital gauge showed that the storage temperature for the vaccines was … Read more
FDA reveals vials of Pfizer’s vaccine contain extra doses that could be given to 6.86 million Americans by Christmas Pharmacists across the U.S. have discovered vials of Pfizer’s coronavirus shot contain up to 40% more vaccine than expected Many vials have enough of the scarce vaccine to give six or seven doses, instead of the … Read more
Up to six million people will be vaccinated during the first rollout of Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. During a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) briefing on Monday, officials said medical supply company McKesson will obtain the jabs, which will be sent to 3,285 locations across the country by FedEx and UPS. … Read more
The head of Operation Warp Speed says the US government is currently in talks to purchase more doses of Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine for Americans. Currently, the US has plans to receive 100 million doses of the vaccines – enough to inoculate 50 million people – from the New York-based drug company. However, a recent … Read more
US buys ANOTHER 100 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for $2.6 billion bringing its total stock from the firm to 200 million after the Trump administration turned down its chance to buy extra doses of Pfizer’s shot The US government exercised its option to buy another 100 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine for about … Read more
Nearly three people will be vaccinated during the first rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in the US. During a press briefing of the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed on Wednesday, officials said 636 locations, mostly large health-care systems with enough storage capacity, will be receiving the jabs. According to chief operating officer Gen Gustave Perna, … Read more
States will likely receive far fewer doses of coronavirus vaccines than they told their residents to expect this month, a new report suggests. The projected number of shots that states including New York and Nevada said they’d be able to give in the first round of the vaccine rollout, expected to begin next week, was … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump’s officials TURNED DOWN offer of more doses of Pfizer’s breakthrough vaccine on top of shots for 50 million – and now might not get any extra supplies until JUNE By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 22:00 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 7 December 2020 … Read more
The first batch of coronavirus vaccines has been received by hospital hubs across the country – as NHS trusts prepare to roll out the biggest mass immunisation programme in the UK’s history this week. Photographs show masked pharmacy technicians at Croydon University Hospital in Croydon taking delivery of the first shipment of the breakthrough Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab … Read more
Moderna CEO says it can ‘comfortably’ make 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 – but will need more resources to hit their goal of 1 billion Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said the firm is ‘very comfortable’ it can can make 500 million dose of its vaccine in 2021 at a Friday Nasdaq … Read more