Category: Operation Warp Speed

Trump Administration Buys 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) will purchase an additional 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech for delivery in 2021. “Under the agreement, Pfizer will manufacture and deliver up to 100 million doses of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BNT162b2, to Government designated…


Trump Says Vaccine Rollout Going ‘Very Smoothly,’ Hails Quick Development as ‘Great Miracle’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the distribution of the two newly approved COVID-19 vaccines is going “very smoothly,” calling the success of his administration in surging vaccine development a “great miracle.” “Distribution of both vaccines is going very smoothly,” the president wrote in a tweet. “Amazing how many people are being vaccinated, record numbers.”…


‘No Evidence’ New Virus Strain More Transmissible, Pathogenic: Operation Warp Speed Official

There’s no evidence that the new strain of the CCP virus is more transmissible, an official with the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed program said Monday. “I think scientifically, to date, there is no hard evidence that this virus is actually more transmissible,” Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the program’s chief scientific adviser, told reporters during a…


Officials Trying to Figure Out If COVID-19 Vaccine Is Causing Adverse Reactions

Federal health officials are investigating cases where people who got the new COVID-19 vaccine almost immediately suffered adverse reactions, including an Alaska health worker who spent two nights in the hospital. “We are looking into this and I know the CDC and the FDA are very, very carefully looking into the situation to characterize these…