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According to US President Joe Biden, the United States will have enough vaccines for all adults in the country “by the end of May.” Until now, Biden had aimed to reach this milestone by the end of July. The recent approval of a third vaccine and the government’s efforts to boost production of the compounds made it possible to reach the goal even faster, Biden said yesterday at the White House.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency approval for Johnson & Johnson’s preparation on Saturday. The company has signed a contract with the United States government to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccine by the end of June. The vaccine will now also be produced by competing pharmaceutical company Merck, as the government announced yesterday.
The US government will receive 300 million doses each from the two manufacturers of the previously approved vaccines, Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna, no later than the end of July. Two doses are required for each vaccine; the amount alone would be enough to supply the nearly 300 million adults in the country. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective after just one injection. Currently, the vaccines are only approved for adults.
