ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s better to have a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine than to rush the process and be first to produce a vaccine, according to U.S.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.Azar made his comments after he was asked what he thought of Russia’s announcement that it had become the first country to register a vaccine against the virus.“The point is not to be first with a vaccine,” he said. “The point is to have a vaccine that is safe and effective for the American people and the people of the world.”The U.S.
has six vaccines in development under the Operation Warp Speed initiative.Meanwhile, in Florida, where the 2020-2021 academic year is now underway for some schools, 5,831 new positive cases were reported by the.