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Tue, 2021-01-26 21:43 — mike kraft
Biden administration seeks to buy 200 million more vaccine doses, to be delivered through the summer The White House also told governors they will get 16 percent more doses starting next week because of increased manufacturing. Isaac Stanley-Becker, Laurie McGinley, Christopher Rowland Washington Post

The Biden administration said Tuesday it was on the cusp of securing an additional 200 million doses of the two coronavirus vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States.

The purchases would increase available supply by 50 percent, bringing the total to 600 million doses by this summer.

Because both products — one developed by Pfizer and German company BioNTech, and the other by Moderna — are two-dose regimens, that would be enough to fully vaccinate 300 million people. An estimated 260 million people in the United States are currently considered eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine, although Pfizer and Moderna have initiated trials for children as young as 12, the results of which could expand the pool.

The deals promised by Biden would not immediately speed up vaccinations. But they would greatly boost his chances of returning the nation to some semblance of normalcy by late summer or the fall.

The president said Monday he expects the general public to gain access to shots by the spring — as he seemed to elevate his administration’s goal from 1 million vaccinations a day to 1.5 million — although aides said that was aspirational. And Biden drew back Tuesday to his earlier ambition of administering 100 million shots in his first 100 days, insisting it would be a good start.

Biden, in remarks Tuesday evening, said he expected the additional doses to be delivered through the summer. ...

The companies were more cautious in public statements, though people knowledgeable about the negotiations said formal deals were imminent because the government was using options built into contracts negotiated by the Trump administration to receive the additional doses. Those people, like several others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal matters. ...

 

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Thu, 2021-01-28 03:55 — MDMcDonald_me_com



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Biden administration seeks to buy 200 million more vaccine doses, to be delivered through the summerThe White House also told governors they will get 16 percent more doses starting next week because of increased manufacturing.Isaac Stanley-Becker, Laurie McGinley, Christopher RowlandWashington Post


The Biden administration said Tuesday it was on the cusp of securing an additional 200 million doses of the two coronavirusvaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States.

The purchases would increase available supply by 50 percent, bringing the total to 600 million doses by this summer.




Because both products — one developed by Pfizer and German company BioNTech, and the other by Moderna — are two-dose regimens, that would be enough to fully vaccinate 300 million people. An estimated 260 million people in the United States are currently considered eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine, although Pfizer and Moderna have initiated trials for children as young as 12, the results of which could expand the pool.

The deals promised by Biden would not immediately speed up vaccinations. But they would greatly boost his chances of returning the nation to some semblance of normalcy by late summer or the fall.

The president said Monday he expects the general public to gain access to shots by the spring — as he seemed to elevate his administration’s goal from 1 million vaccinations a day to 1.5 million — although aides said that was aspirational. And Biden drew back Tuesday to his earlier ambition of administering 100 million shots in his first 100 days, insisting it would be a good start.

Biden, in remarks Tuesday evening, said he expected the additional doses to be delivered through the summer. ...

The companies were more cautious in public statements, though people knowledgeable about the negotiations said formal deals were imminent because the government was using options built into contracts negotiated by the Trump administration to receive the additional doses. Those people, like several others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal matters. ...

 


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