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On Wednesday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced having reached a deal with the U.S. government with an additional 100 million doses by July 31. That's up from the initial 100 million doses ordered already. The deal follows a similar extension of doses reached by the U.S. with Moderna for their vaccine. Both vaccines require two doses to be administered. The $2 billion deal calls for at least an additional 70 million doses to be provided to the U.S. by June 30. The remaining 30 million doses needing to be delivered by July 31. It also allows for the U.S. to obtain up to an additional 400 million doses in the future.
The US government has ordered another 100 million doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine. This brings the total number of vaccines ordered to 200 million, says Business Insider. If the vaccine receives emergency-use authorization from the FDA, Moderna plans to deliver. The delivery will be for 20 million doses by the end of December with the rest over the start of 2021. The US still has the option to purchase another 300 million doses from Moderna. Everyone who wants the vaccine should be able to get one, timing is the main concern.
Sao Paulo (Brazil), Jun 21 (EFE).- (Camera: Wallace Carvalho) As if designing Covid-19 vaccines wasn’t already a challenge, Brazilian scientists are taking it up a notch.Experts at Butantan laboratory — currently responsible for producing the Chinese vaccine Sinovac in Brazil — are working around the clock to gather 20 million eggs to produce 40 million doses of their very own Brazilian-made Covid-19 vaccine, Butanvac.FOOTAGE OF THE BUTANTAN LAB.DOUGLAS GONÇALVES DE MACEDO, PRODUCTION MANAGER OF THE BUTANVAC.TRANSLATION:"THE AVERAGE EXPECTED YIELD IS THAT EACH EGG GIVES US TWO DOSES OF BUTANVAC.""EACH EGG IS GOING TO RECEIVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE VIRUS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND AFTER THAT PROCESS IT IS INCUBATED TWO OR THREE DAYS, WITH CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY.""THE PRODUCTION OF THE IFA IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE FLU VACCINE, IT USES THE SAME PLATFORM, SAME FACTORY."
Revere/Hialeah/Los Angeles, Mar 19 (EFE/EPA).- The United States Friday reached 100 million Covid-19 vaccine milestone weeks ahead of President Joe Biden's target date of his 100th day in office even as the country recorded 1,650 more deaths and 62,787 new coronavirus infections.White House White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeffrey Friday said the country had reached the 100 million shots goal in just 58 days, weeks ahead of schedule.“Achieving this goal is a direct result of deliberate, aggressive actions guided by the president’s whole-of-government national strategy to end the pandemic,” Zients said. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVES IN REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS; HIALEAH, FLORIDA; AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
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