A panel of U.S. advisers will meet on Tuesday to vote on how scarce, preliminary provides of a COVID-19 vaccine can be given out as soon as one has been authorized.
Specialists have proposed giving the vaccine to well being staff first. Excessive precedence additionally could also be given to staff in important industries, individuals with sure medical situations and other people aged 65 and older.
Tuesday’s assembly is for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a bunch established by the by the CDC. The panel of specialists recommends who to vaccinate and when — recommendation the federal government virtually all the time follows.
Pfizer and its German companion BioNTech have requested the FDA to permit emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Moderna Inc. is anticipated to additionally search emergency use of its vaccine quickly.
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