Washington: The country’s first Covid-19 vaccine has been approved in the US on Friday, marking the beginning of the end of the epidemic that has killed 300,000 Americans so far. An official gave this information. The Department of Food and Drugs has allowed emergency use of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNotech. Now the path of vaccination of health workers and nursing home workers has been paved in the coming days.
Many other countries, including the US, UK, want to vaccinate more people before winter, so the first doses of the vaccine will be lacking, so they will be given on a priority basis. The FDA’s decision has been taken on the basis of public review data on the ongoing study. In addition, the Trump administration was pressurizing the FDA to approve the vaccine as soon as possible, alleging that the agency’s process was too slow.
The administration even threatened FDA chief Stephen Han that he would be removed from office if a decision about the vaccine was not taken by Friday. After FDA approval, the biggest vaccination campaign in US history will now begin. The US is also considering a vaccine developed by Moderna.
