The head of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed said states will receive just under 8 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday.
“It is now clear that we will ship 5.9 million doses of the Moderna vaccine and two million doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday. And that’s what’s going to happen, ”Moncef Slaoui said on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. “And we are increasing the level of communication with the governors to make sure there are no mistakes or miscommunications.”
Slaoui addressed reports from a number of states that they have not yet received the promised shipments of the vaccine, saying, ‘We have all made the mistake or mistake of assuming that the vaccine that is actually being produced and released is already available is for shipping, when in fact there is a two day delay between when we generate a lot of data showing that this vaccine vial is really safe and accurate and when we can ship it. “
“The FDA must receive certain documentation,” he added. “And that’s really where that delay period has led to differences between what was in the plan and what was actually done. I think we addressed that. “
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Jacob (Jake) Paul TapperBiden plans to get COVID-19 vaccination in public as early as next week Hogan on Republicans not accepting election results: ‘They’re on the job’ Don’t expect ‘media culpas’ about ignoring Hunter Biden before the election MORE that sending the vaccines, manufactured by Moderna and Pfizer, “doesn’t make watches.”
“This means that we make living things or at least leave things behind in the way we produce vaccines. And we don’t have everything 100 percent under control, ”he added. And unless it is absolutely correct, we will not release vaccine doses for use. And sometimes there can be minor hiccups. “