The first public Covid-19 vaccines reach all states as the US death toll tops 300,000

The first public Covid-19 vaccines reach all states as the US death toll tops 300,000 (cnn.com)

The first public Covid-19 vaccines reach all states as the US death toll tops 300,000

The first doses of an FDA-authorized Covid-19 vaccine have been delivered to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, less than a year after the disease was first spotted in the US, officials said Monday.

Operation Warp Speed, a public-private effort, developed the Pfizer vaccine in less than a year, an astonishing feat since most vaccines take years to develop. Delivery was speedy, too -- shipping companies FedEx and UPS started transport on Sunday and completed all first-day vaccine deliveries.

US Surgeon General Jerome Adams called the rollout of the vaccine "tremendous."

    "This is just tremendous and I'm smiling bigger than I've smiled in a long time because it has been a hard year for so many people out there, including me personally," Adams told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "Today we really did get a shot of hope."

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    Submitted by mo2 on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 19:40