CDC sets its sights on November COVID-19 vaccine deliveries: report

With investigators recruiting participants for late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trials, officials are working behind the scenes at the federal, state and local levels to deliver the first doses by November 1, McClatchy reports. That timeline appears to be ahead of when the shots can definitively prove safety and efficacy.

Last week, CDC director Robert Redfield sent an “urgent” request to states asking their “assistance in expediting applications” for COVID-19 vaccine distribution facilities, according to the publication. If necessary, he said, states should “consider waiving requirements that would prevent these facilities from becoming fully operational by November 1, 2020.”