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CDC Needs $6 Billion to Distribute Virus Vaccine, Redfield Says
- Resources lacking to get distribution plan operational: CDC director
- Congress could provide additional funding in virus stimulus package
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The federal government needs an additional $5.5 billion to $6 billion to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine once one is approved, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield told a Senate panel Wednesday.
“We do not have the resources to support 64 jurisdictions to get this plan operational. To me, it’s an urgency that we get that,” Redfield said at a hearing of the Senate Labor-HHS appropriations subcommittee.