Volunteers prepared doses of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at Forand Manor in Central Falls, RI on Dec. 30, 2020. (Photo by Craig F.
Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is discussing a move to administer Moderna coronavirus vaccines in half-doses to distribute the jab wider across the population, according to a top official with Operation Warp Speed (OWS).The comments from Dr.
Moncef Slaoui, the chief operating officer for OWS, arose Sunday as he told CBS’ Margaret Brennan that halving the dose volume in vaccines administered to those aged 18 to 55 translates to an "identical immune response" to the full, 100-microgram dose.This plan would inoculate twice the amount of people, Slaoui said, calling.