FDA Approves Moderna Covid Vaccine for Emergency Use

What Happened:

• On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration formally approved Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States.

• This will allow widespread distribution of the vaccine which will go to health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities first.

• The approval comes one week after the FDA gave emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine, making Moderna the second company to receive approval.

• With the approval, officials say Moderna’s vaccinations can start being distributed early next week.

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