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Moderna Seeking Full FDA Approval for COVID-19 Vaccine
The US is closing in on the goal of having 70% of adults vaccinated by July 4.
This article was originally published in ContagionLive.
Moderna is moving forward with plans to apply for full approval for individuals 18 and up from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their COVID-19 vaccine.
The company has stated that it will be submitting trial data to the FDA on a rolling basis over the coming weeks. Moderna is seeking a priority review, which would give the FDA 6 months to take action on the approval. This comes after Pfizer announced last month that they have also begun the process of seeking full FDA approval for their COVID-19 vaccine.
Canada is set to receive 2.9 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after the company announced they would increase their deliveries. For the month of May, Canada was receiving weekly deliveries of about 2 millions doses. Additional does of both Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines are also expected, while expected doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine remain unclear. As of Sunday, Canada has reported 23 million doses administered, with around half of the population having received at least 1 shot.
After several issues have held up inoculation efforts in Venezuela, the campaign finally began again over this past weekend. To date, only around 1.1% of the population has received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Around 1,000 people are expected to receive their first dose by end of day Monday.
China
661.47 million
45.96 per 100
United States
294.93 million
88.19 per 100
India
210.45 million
15.25 per 100
Brazil
67.48 million
31.75 per 100
United Kingdom
64.92 million
95.63 per 100
Germany
49.94 million
59.61 per 100
France
36.22 million
53.61 per 100
Italy
34.95 million
57.81 per 100
Russia
28.5 million
19.53 per 100
Indonesia
27.05 million
9.89 per 100
Data Table per Our World in Data (May 30, 2021, 12 AM EST)
Despite a slowing in vaccination rates, the US is slowly getting closer to President Biden's goal of having 70% of the adult population receive at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by July 4. As of Sunday, 62% of the adult population has gotten at least one shot and states all over the country are lifting their restrictions.
California
38,261,502
96.83 per 100
Texas
22,942,135
79.12 per 100
New York
19,605,540
100.78 per 100
Florida
18,703,929
87.08 per 100
Pennsylvania
12,571,563
98.20 per 100
Illinois
11,639,422
91.85 per 100
Ohio
9,888,227
84.59 per 100
New jersey
9,083,396
102.26 per 100
Michigan
8,687,279
86.98 per 100
Virginia
8,335,508
97.75 per 100
Data Table per CDC COVID-19 Tracker (May 24, 2021, 6 AM EST)
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