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Nurse Maritza Beniquez, right, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital, in Newark, New Jersey, Tuesday. Beniquez was the first person in New Jersey to receive the vaccination. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
WASHINGTON, DC Hundreds more hospitals around the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots to their workers in a rapid expansion of the U.S. vaccination drive Tuesday, while a second vaccine moved to the cusp of government authorization.
A day after the rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech s coronavirus shots, the Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis confirmed the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. A panel of outside experts is expected to vote to recommend the formula on Thursday, with the FDA s green light coming soon thereafter.
US vaccinations ramp up as Moderna s COVID-19 shot nears
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Updated on:Dec 15, 2020, 7:01pm EST Hundreds more hospitals around the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots to their workers in a rapid expansion of the U.S. vaccination drive Tuesday, while a second vaccine moved to the cusp of government authorization.
A day after the rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech s coronavirus shots, the Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis confirmed the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. A panel of outside experts is expected to recommend the formula on Thursday, with the FDA s green light coming soon thereafter.
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Day two of vaccine rollout is happening across the U.S. Health care workers in Illinois, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey and Puerto Rico received their first doses Tuesday.