First shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, on December 20, left a distribution centre in the US, a desperate move to curb the spread of COVID-19. The much-needed shots are expected to be inoculated starting December 23, just three days after the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) authorized their emergency use. America started its ambitious mass inoculation programme on December 14 and is the only nation to authorize two vaccine candidates.
According to Associated Press, several trucks on Sunday left the factory in the Memphis area in the state of Tennessee carrying vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health for later distribution. While health officials have prioritized frontline healthcare workers and elderly citizens for inoculation, a committee is set to meet to discuss people who should be next in line for vaccine shots. Regardless, experts have predicted that the general population would have to wait until the spring of 2021 to get the vaccine.
