that should see some vulnerable people being vaccinated as early as Monday, December 14, in the nation worst hit by the coronavirus.first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech shots"My hope, again, is that this happens very expeditiously. Hopefully, [starting] tomorrow," US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Stephen Hahn said Sunday on CNN.
More than 1.1 million new cases have been confirmed in the past week and the death toll is nearing 298,000 in the US, which has reported the highest absolute death toll and number of cases in the world.Even as health experts welcomed the unprecedented effort – with the vaccine developed, tested, and distributed in record time – they cautioned Americans not to grow lax in observing normal precautions.This Week.
Over the weekend, the US became the latest country to green-light the Pfizer vaccine, following nations like Britain and Canada. Two major package delivery services – UPS and FedEx – will then ship the supplies to 636 sites around the country by Wednesday, December 16.