The US Secretary of Health said he expects the corona vaccine in the country to be given as early as Monday or Tuesday • President Trump to the FDA chief: "Approve the vaccines immediately!"
The first Americans to receive the corona vaccine will be vaccinated as early as Monday or Tuesday, United States Health Secretary Alex Azar said today (Friday).
Biden: 100 million vaccines for Corona in the first 100 days of my term // Photo: Reuters
His remarks come hours after the FDA's Vaccine Immunization Committee recommended that Pfizer be given an emergency clearance.
The principal himself is expected to approve the emergency use of the vaccine in the next day.
In an interview on ABC's morning program, Ezer said the FDA has updated Pfizer that it intends to move toward final approval for the emergency use of the vaccine it has created.
He also added that the government agency intends to work with the company to export the vaccine.
The committee's decision was passed by a majority of 17 supporters against four opponents, but this is not binding on the FDA.
However, the US Drug Administration does approve the recommendations on which the committee expresses its support - and this is likely to happen this time as well.
The original proposal stated that approval for vaccination would be given to those aged 18 and over, but in the end it was decided that the vaccine would be given to those aged 16 and over, following a discussion among committee members about the effectiveness of the vaccine among adolescents aged 18-16.
One of the committee members who opposed the vaccine's approval, Dr. David Kim, director of the vaccine department at the US Department of Infectious Diseases, told the American news network CNBC that he would vote for the vaccine if they decided to give it to people 18 and older.
The committee members who approved the use of the vaccine are hospital administrators and external experts on American vaccines, including Dr. Paul Opit, director of the Children's Center at the Philadelphia Hospital. They wanted to highlight the question of allergies and various side effects caused by the use of the vaccine. Such.
In a tweet he posted on his Twitter account in response to the Vaccines Committee's approval, U.S. President Donald Trump called on Stephen Hahn, the FDA chief, "to approve the vaccines immediately.
Stop playing games and start saving lives !!! ".
While my pushing the money drenched but heavily bureaucratic @US_FDA saved five years in the approval of NUMEROUS great new vaccines, it is still a big, old, slow turtle.
Get the dam vaccines out NOW, Dr.
Hahn @SteveFDA.
Stop playing games and start saving lives !!!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2020
