The nation’s first vaccines for the deadly COVID-19 virus that has plagued most of 2020 will be distributed Monday, following yesterday’s emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna said in a press briefing today.
Perna is the chief operating officer for Operation Warp Speed — an effort led by several U.S. government components and public partnerships to move the development, manufacturing and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
“Make no mistake — distribution has begun,” Perna said, adding that right now, boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccines, with emphasis on quality control.