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Nursing home residents will start getting vaccinations this week and Dr Fauci predicts healthy Americans with no underlying conditions could get shots as early as March
In a briefing on Monday, General Gustave Perna said nursing home residents will begin being vaccinated in some states this week
He said it is up to individual states to decide when to inoculate elderly Americans and that more than 1,100 facilities will start on December 21
It comes as Dr Anthony Fauci said healthy U.S. adults will likely receive vaccines as early as March or April 2021
Fauci added that, if enough people are immunized by late, summer, the U.S. could achieve the umbrella of herd immunity
Head of Operation Warp Speed says the U.S. is in active discussions to secure more doses of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine after allegedly turning down the firm s offer to sell the government more jabs four months ago
Dr Moncef Slaoui said on Monday the U.S. is in active discussions with Pfizer Inc to secure more doses of the company s coronavirus vaccine
In July, the government signed an agreement with Pfizer to make 100 million doses available to Americans
However, due to supply chain problems, Pfizer is only to manufacture 50 million doses of the jab
Over the summer, the Trump administration allegedly turned down an offer to buy more doses
Americans won t get the Moderna vaccine until December 21 at the earliest: Firm prepares to ship nearly 6 million doses as soon as it gets FDA approval
Moderna Inc s first shipment of its coronavirus vaccine to the U.S. will include nearly six million doses
The jabs will be sent to 3,285 locations across the country via FedEx and UPS
In a briefing on Monday, Gen Gustave Perna said a reserve has been set aside, but he didn t disclose the exact amount
The FDA s advisory committee will meet on Thursday to discuss whether or not recommend approving Moderna s vaccine
If approved this week, the first Americans will likely not get immunized before December 21