Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine Friday, giving the country hardest hit by the pandemic two shots for inoculations against the virus.The approval is the first in the world for Moderna’s vaccine, which is similar to the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech shot that was given the green light in the U.S.
and several other countries last week.“With the availability of two vaccines now for the prevention of COVID-19, the FDA has taken another crucial step in the fight against this global pandemic that is causing vast numbers of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States each day,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn in a statement.