Govt. To Begin Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine 24 Hours After Approved

The Trump administration plans to begin distributing a COVID-19 vaccine within 24 hours after the vaccine receives emergency use authorization or approval from FDA, senior administration officials said on a press call Wednesday (Sept. 16). Once it’s administered to the public, the administration hopes to be able to track vaccine uptake and send updates to vaccine recipients by leveraging information from existing immunization tracking databases, which experts from the Department of Defense are trying to link up. Operation Warp Speed’s...