The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said late Thursday that his agency will move to quickly authorise the second COVID-19 vaccine to fight the pandemic, hours after the shot won the key endorsement of a government advisory panel, AP reported.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a statement that regulators have communicated their plans to drugmaker Moderna, which co-developed the vaccine with the National Institutes of Health. The announcement came after a panel of FDA advisers, in a 20-0 vote, ruled that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks for those 18 years old and up.
Once FDA’s emergency use authorisation is granted, Moderna will begin shipping millions of doses, earmarked for health workers and nursing home residents, to boost the largest vaccination effort in US history.The data on Friday morning (18-12-2020) showed, the US, the worst-hit country in the world, has registered 3,277 deaths and 230,982 new cases in the last 24 hours. The country is still at the top in coronavirus deaths and infections. A total of 317,928 people died in the country due to the pandemic and 17,626,770 have been infected so far. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com
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