US is reportedly planning to begin Covid vaccinations starting early December, the head of the government coronavirus vaccine effort said Sunday.
US Food and Drug Administration, Moncef Slaoui told CNN: “Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours of approval,” pointing to possible dates of December 11-12.
FDA vaccine advisors reportedly will meet December 10 to discuss approving vaccines which pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and Moderna say are at least 95 percent effective.
Slaoui estimated that 20 million people across the US could be vaccinated in December, with 30 million per month after that.
For now, the vaccines have not been tested on young children, but the doctor said trials are underway, with a chance toddlers could be vaccinated starting in the second quarter of 2021, with infants coming afterward.
