CDC’s vaccines panel recommends COVID vaccine; first doses administered

CDC’s vaccines panel recommends COVID vaccine; first doses administered

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RAPS.org
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The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine were given to healthcare workers around the US less than 72 hours after the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) emergency use authorization of the vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and the German firm BioNTech, and less than 48 hours after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) vaccines committee recommended use of the vaccine.