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UPS employees move one of two shipping containers containing the first shipments of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine inside a sorting facility at UPS Worldport on December 13, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Pfizer and the Trump administration announced a new vaccine deal on Wednesday where the pharmaceutical company will provide an additional 100 million doses by the end of July.
This vaccine deal comes as the U.S. faces a potential shortage in shots.
Moderna is also included in the vaccine deal, meaning the U.S. has not secured enough doses to vaccinate all but about 60 million adult Americans who are eligible for the vaccine, reported New York Times.
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Seated in an interrogation room in a Washington state jail, Lenny Lewis Jr. spun an implausible tale about why he had downloaded child pornography onto his co-worker’s laptop. Lewis explained to Kent police that he was sick of working as a cheerleading coach. He wanted to be fired from the gym where he taught tumbling to young athletes – and to ensure he would never again work in the sport.
“There is no way,” Lewis said in 2010, “that I would be able to get a job after this in cheerleading.”
Modernaâs Coronavirus Vaccine Begins Arriving at Strained Hospitals Across the U.S.
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A variant of the virus that is spreading in Britain has prompted countries to bar travelers from there. Some U.S. governors are also pushing for restrictions.
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The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived at sites across the country Monday. Yanitza Reeves, a medical worker, received one of the first doses at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, N.J.Credit.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
Just one week after the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine were administered in the United States, a new batch of vaccines fanned out across the country on Monday, an urgently needed expansion of a vaccination effort that is expected to reach vulnerable populations and rural areas where hospitals are strained as soon as this week.
Modernaâs Coronavirus Vaccine Begins Arriving at Strained Hospitals Across the U.S.
Last Updated
Jan. 15, 2021, 4:15 p.m. ETJan. 15, 2021, 4:15 p.m. ET
A variant of the virus that is spreading in Britain has prompted countries to bar travelers from there. Some U.S. governors are also pushing for restrictions.
This briefing has ended. Follow our
The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived at sites across the country Monday. Yanitza Reeves, a medical worker, received one of the first doses at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, N.J.Credit.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
Just one week after the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine were administered in the United States, a new batch of vaccines fanned out across the country on Monday, an urgently needed expansion of a vaccination effort that is expected to reach vulnerable populations and rural areas where hospitals are strained as soon as this week.
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Its temperature requirement is among the largest hurdles in transporting the Pfizer vaccine, with competing vaccines from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson having less strict requirements. Morry Gash - Pool/Getty Morry Gash - Pool/Getty
Some trucks will go to the nearby airport while others will travel across the country. Trucks have a higher tolerance for dry ice shipments since the truck is separate from the trailer. Rey Del Rio/Getty Morry Gash - Pool/Getty
In just a few hours, these vaccines will travel across the US in preparation for the first inoculations the next day.