Coronavirus vaccination in the United States may begin on December 11. This date was named by the adviser to the administration of the incumbent US President Donald Trump on vaccines Moncef Slowey, reports CNN.
He said that a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee is scheduled for December 10. Sloughie expects that within 24 hours of the approval of the vaccine, it will be possible to ship it to the vaccination sites.
“Therefore, I expect that, perhaps on the second day after the approval, December 11 or 12,” – said the adviser to Trump.
Earlier, the CEO of the American pharmaceutical company Moderna Stefan Bansel disclosed the price of the upcoming coronavirus vaccine. According to him, the cost of one dose of the vaccine will be from 25 to 37 dollars for European countries, depending on the volume of the order.
The third phase of trials of the Moderna mRNA-1273 coronavirus vaccine showed an efficacy of 94.5 percent. Then Bansel announced a turning point in the development of the drug. “The result of the interim analysis gave us the first clinical confirmation that our vaccine can prevent COVID-19 disease, including severe disease,” he said.
