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Washington: The United States health authorities have asked state governments to take the necessary measures to be ready, by November 1, to distribute a possible vaccine against Covid-19, according to an official document seen by AFP this Wednesday.
In a letter he sent to state governments last week, Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said he was “urgently” asking them to do whatever it takes. so that the next vaccine deployment facilities are fully operational by November 1, 2020. “
In his message, Redfield noted in particular the need to remove all administrative hurdles and issue all necessary licenses and certificates for these facilities to be able to operate at full capacity on the scheduled date, which falls just two days before the presidential election.
This message is seen as a further indication that the race to produce the first Covid-19 vaccine is advancing at its fastest speed in the United States, the country hardest hit by the epidemic in the world.
Redfield confirmed in his message that US health authorities “are rapidly preparing for a large-scale distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in the fall of 2020.”
President Donald Trump, a candidate for a second term in the elections scheduled for November 3, said last week that the United States will have “this year” a vaccine against the emerging coronavirus.
Many companies are competing to produce a vaccine against Covid-19, but most of these vaccines are still in the clinical trial phase, which means that it is not yet certain that one of them is effective and safe, but the US authorities prefer, to save valuable time in the battle against the deadly virus, Be prepared to begin distributing the vaccine as soon as it is proven effective.
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