Prognosis

Thousands of Doses of Vaccine Hopefuls Are Ready To Go — If One Works

  • ‘At first there will likely be limited supply,’ CDC’s Redfield
  • Distribution priorities guided by results of vaccine trials

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A U.S. health official said Friday that hundreds of thousands of doses of coronavirus vaccines have already been manufactured in hopes that at least one of the candidates might succeed in clinical trials.

The Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” program has reached agreements for eight coronavirus vaccine candidates that are in various stages of development, none of which have yet been approved or authorized for use.