With Covid funding stalled, White House prepares for vaccine shortage in the fall

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The White House is looking for ways to make additional cuts and reallocate remaining Covid resources as it anticipates a funding shortfall for new vaccines ahead of another winter surge.

the companies are developing for the fall. The government would need to secure contracts for those vaccine doses in the coming weeks if it is to ensure enough supply for the entire country, a senior administration official said Monday on a call with reporters.

Projections by public health officials inside and outside the administration suggest the country is likely to experience another surge in cases in the fall and the winter as immunity wanes and the coronavirus is expected to continue mutating, the official said. To blunt the effects of the increase, the White House has beenfor months to approve additional funding for new vaccines and treatments and to keep up domestic testing manufacturing.

The government has already canceled plans to purchase additional monoclonal antibody treatments, and it has predicted that the country’s supply of monoclonal antibody treatments will run out as soon as late May.

 

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