The first single dose of COVID-19 vaccine can be approved within two weeks, said Dr. Anthony Fauci said late Friday.
“I would be surprised if the data were analyzed within two weeks and decisions made” about the vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey, “Fauci said during an appearance on” The Rachel Maddow Show. “
“We will look at the data and determine if it is ready to be given to the public,” Fauci said, “so they can go to the FDA to ask if they can get an emergency use authorization.”
Fauci said the U.S. government is working with various companies on six vaccine candidates, two of whom have already used the emergency kit, one from Pfizer PFE,
and the others of Modern MRNA,
Both require cold storage and two doses.
The J&J JNJ,
vaccine does not have to keep the same cold, Fauci said, and requires only one dose. These factors will make a big difference in the ability to get people’s shots, he said. “It offers a wider range of flexibility,” he said.
Johnson & Johnson said they would have 100 million doses available by April.
Any additional vaccines made available will boost the city and state, which no longer have doses, while New Yorkers go to the vaccinations. Mayor Bill de Blasio wrote a letter to President Joe Biden on Friday calling for more vaccines.
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