US Ready to Distribute 25 Million Injections of COVID-19 Boosters

The United States government is ready to ship more than 25 million updated COVID-19 booster injections, most of them from Pfizer-BioNTech, as Moderna increases production of the vaccine.

A number of pharmacies in the US, including CVS Health and the Walgreens Boots Alliance, also reported on Tuesday (20/9) that the supply of Moderna’s latest vaccine remains limited, so appointments for vaccination with the product may vary.

Both CVS and Walgreens said they had been working with the government to procure more doses of Moderna and had not seen any supply problems for the vaccine. booster produced by Pfizer.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August allowed the administration of injections booster The latest from Pfizer and Moderna is targeting the dominant Omicron BA4 and BA5 sub-variants as the US prepares to launch a revaccination campaign this fall.

According to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Office of Health and Human Services, retail pharmacies will receive millions of doses of the vaccine. booster Moderna this week, and production of the vaccine will continue to increase.

“We anticipate continued supply increases in the coming weeks,” an ASPR spokesperson told Reuters.

Moderna says it is working with the United States government to provide a large number of doses booster updated bivalent, and predicts that current vaccine availability constraints will be resolved in the coming days.

The company also added that it hopes to ship 70 million doses of the vaccine booster at the end of the year, as promised in the contract.

The United States has ordered more than 170 million vaccine doses booster which has been updated for this fall. The US government advises all individuals over the age of 12 who have received the initial dose of the vaccine, to receive the shot booster latest clean. [em/rs]