The coronavirus vaccine will not be widely available in U.S. pharmacies by the end of February, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said Thursday.
‘We are going to, as part of our plan, put the vaccine in pharmacies. Will it be by that timeline in every pharmacy in this country? I do not think so, ‘said dr. Rochelle Walensky told the “Today Show”.
“I do not think end of February, we are going to vaccinate in every pharmacy in this country.”
In mid-December, the Trump administration’s secretary of health and human services, Alex Azar, told CNBC: ‘I believe, of course, the end of February, the end of March, depending on the decisions of our governors, but I believe we have enough stock for that. to reach out to the general public for administration at the end of February to March – at your CVS, Walgreens, Kroegers. ”
Walensky reiterated the Biden government’s promise to distribute 100 million doses in the first 100 days, saying it would work to speed up and facilitate the production and distribution of the life-saving photos.
“After 100 days, there are still a lot of Americans who need a vaccine, so we have our pedal on the metal to make sure we can get that much vaccine,” she said. “We realize that this is the immediate emergency to get this country healthy again.”
She said CDC officials had been working for weeks to make sure “the vaccine admission met the supply” and that there were enough medical workers at the vaccination stations.
“The whole basis for the implementation of vaccines must be based on fairness, and we are committed to that,” she added.
In early December, an official at Trump’s Operation Warp Speed said he hoped to immunize 100 million people by the end of February.
“Between mid-December and the end of February, we may have vaccinated 100 million people,” said Moncef Slaoui, the operation’s scientific adviser.
According to the CDC, the United States has administered 17.5 million doses of vaccines since Thursday.