Pfizer told USA on Monday, that it cannot provide additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine until late June or July, as other countries have rushed to buy up its supply, according to washington post.
Meanwhile, Trump administration officials denied that there would be availability problems in the second quarter, citing other vaccines in the pipeline, but others said problems are possible.
Gen. Paul Ostrowski, who oversees logistics for Operation Warp Speed added; "I'm not concerned about our ability to buy vaccines to offer to all of the American public. It's clear that Pfizer made plans with other countries. Many have been announced.''
Pfizer officials had urged Operation Warp Speed to initially purchase 200 million doses, or enough for the two-shot regimen for 100 million people last summer. But the Warp Speed officials declined, opting instead for 100 million doses, or enough for 50 million people, they said.
On other hand, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday that would prioritize vaccinating Americans before providing doses to other countries.The order will be announced as part of a White House "vaccine summit" designed to highlight the administration's accomplishments on vaccines, according to Fox News.
In contrast, Moncef Slaoui the chief science adviser to Warp Speed, explained that the U.S. government strategy was to spread its risk widely over many different types of vaccines from different manufacturers. He declined to comment on negotiations with any company, including Pfizer.
On November, the “New York Times”, a USA wide-circulated newspaper, said that the infections with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States of America (USA) of America, have exceeded 12 million confirmed cases. New daily cases are approaching 200,000.
As the nation stares at the winter vacation travel season and indoor gatherings, new cases are being reported.
The latest wave of deadly viruses began to accelerate in most parts of the USA in mid-October. It took just over two weeks for the nation to move from eight million to nine million on October 30 going from nine to 10 million took just 10 days. The cases increased from 10 million to 11 million in less than seven days.
Despite nearly daily records of both new cases and hospital admissions, there is still bipartisan hesitation toward issuing blanket home stay orders seen in the early days of the pandemic.
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