Washington, United States:
Americans will commence getting the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, the official in charge of the distribution operation stated Saturday.
General Gus Perna told reporters the 1st doses will be shipped Sunday and that beginning Monday morning, “We are operationally 100% confident that we will get the vaccines to the American people.”
“Expect 145 sites across all the states to receive vaccine on Monday, another 425 sites on Tuesday. And the final 66 sites on Wednesday, which will complete the initial delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine,” he stated.
The 1st push will vaccinate about 3 million people today.
Federal overall health authorities have advisable that overall health care workers and nursing household residents be at the front of the line, but the choices will be left to states.
The US became the sixth nation to green light the Pfizer vaccine on Friday evening.
It has been shown to be 95 % powerful in stopping Covid-19 infection compared to a placebo.
But the FDA has advised people today who have extreme allergies to components in the drug to steer clear of finding immunized for the time getting.