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Alex Azar announced that distribution of the vaccine could begin immediately after December 10. According to Azar’s statement; The corresponding unit of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet on this date to obtain the license for the emergency use of the vaccine.
At the press conference on the coronavirus vaccine, the US minister said: “If all goes well, we may be distributing the vaccine immediately after December 10.”
Alex Azar added that they can distribute the vaccine to all 64 regions within 24 hours of FDA approval.
Initially one million doses TURKEY
The Health Minister’s husband Fahrettin said that the coronavirus vaccine can be licensed first in Turkey in December and announced that 1 million doses will be supplied.
Fahrettin Koca, Prof. Dr. Uğur Şahin and Dr. Özlem Türeci added that the vaccine developed by the BioNTech company, managed by the couple, could increase the amount of supply to 25 million doses by 2021.
SUCCESS RATE 95 PERCENT
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The application to the US Drug Administration is based on the results of phase 3 clinical trials of the vaccine. Vaccine trials began in the US on July 27, and more than 43,000 people were tested in the process.
Based on the final analysis obtained from the tests, the BioNTech / Pfizer vaccine was 95 percent effective in preventing coronavirus. The vaccine is also effective in the elderly and has no serious side effects.
It was stated that in the phase 3 vaccine trials, 42 percent of global participants from diverse backgrounds and 30 percent of participants from the United States participated in caring for race and ethnicity.