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U.S. reaches deal with Pfizer, BioNTech to distribute potential coronavirus vaccine
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U.S. reaches deal with Pfizer, BioNTech to distribute potential coronavirus vaccine
Wed, 2020-07-22 21:37 — mike kraftThe contract was announced a day after the United States reported more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths and President Trump offered a grim acknowledgment that the pandemic “will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better.”
Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection, told ABC News on Wednesday it was “very hard to predict” how bad the covid-19 crisis could get, and emphasized the importance of wearing face masks, but would not commit to support for a national mask mandate. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, was more specific during an appearance on CNBC: By “the end of the year we could have upward of 300,000 [deaths] if we continue on the current trajectory,” he said.
More than 65,000 new coronavirus cases were recorded Tuesday, adding to a nationwide tally of more than 3,874,000 since the crisis began.
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