US Food and Drug Administration authorises Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use – ABC News

Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has become the second to receive emergency-use authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Key points:

• The US is the first country in the world to approve Moderna’s vaccine
• The company will distribute 5.9 million shots as early as this weekend
• Moderna’s shot does not require the ultra-cold temperatures of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

The decision provides some welcome news for a nation with a COVID-19 death toll of more than 307,000.
The FDA announced…

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