DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) Vaccine distributor Pfizer met with the Food & Drug Administration this Thursday as they seek emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna, one of its competitors, is set for the same meeting next week as well.
Following the Pfizer meeting, North Carolina expects to receive 85,800 doses of the vaccine in its first distribution. State Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen released a phased approach for how North Carolina will handle the rollout.
Included among the phases are members of marginalized communities, such as the Black community, who have a complicated history with the United States and North Carolina governments.