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While Pfizer s vaccine has been approved, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Astrazeneca are all also working on vaccines.
Subscribe The answer to the question of when is going to be highly dependent on how many of those vaccines come to market, when they come to market, how quickly they can be manufactured and distributed, and what percentage of the population is going to accept the vaccine, Khelil said.
She did say she expects things to happen quickly, though.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prioritized health care workers and staff workers and residents at long-term care facilities to be among the first residents to get the vaccine.
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Some New Jersey readers who were surveyed said they worry the coronavirus vaccine process has been rushed, and they have safety concerns. (Shutterstock)
NEW JERSEY With the limited release of a coronavirus vaccine likely days away in New Jersey, most of the more than 4,500 readers who took Patch s survey say they intend to get vaccinated against the virus. But some said they feel wary or concerned about how quickly the vaccines were produced (see results below).
Just a year after the emergence of the coronavirus which has since killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide and 286,000 in the U.S., per Johns Hopkins two vaccines against the illness are likely to be approved in the coming days and will be shipped to New Jersey.