U.S. gets 2nd coronavirus vaccine after FDA gives Moderna green light Later Sunday, an expert committee will debate who should be next in line for early doses of the Moderna vaccine and a similar one from Pfizer Inc.
and Germany’s BioNTech. Pfizer’s shots were first shipped out a week ago and started being used the next day, kicking off the nation’s biggest vaccination drive.Public health experts say the shots _ and others in the pipeline _ are the only way to stop a virus that has been spreading wildly.
Nationwide, more than 219,000 people per day on average test positive for the virus, which has killed more than 314,000 in the U.S.