Washington [US], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration is providing USD 200 million to all US states to prepare for the distribution of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to high-risk people as soon as it is available.
“Today my administration announced that we are awarding USD 200 million of CARES Act funding to all 50 states to prepare to distribute the vaccine to high-risk residents,” Trump said in a press briefing here on Wednesday.
Trump also said a fourth vaccine candidate has entered the final phase of clinical trials in the United States.
He has promised that 100 million doses of a vaccine will be distributed throughout the United States by the end of the year. A vaccine could be available for distribution as early as mid-October, he added.
The United States has reported nearly 7 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 201,000 deaths caused by the disease as of Wednesday evening, according to the Johns Hopkins University count. (ANI/Sputnik)
US President urges citizens to enroll in COVID-19 vaccine trials
Urging the US citizens to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials, President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said Johnson & Johnson has announced that their vaccine candidate has reached the final stage of clinical trials.
Speaking at a press briefing here, Trump said, “Johnson & Johnson has announced that their vaccine candidate has reached the final stage of clinical trials. This is the fourth candidate in the US who reached the final stage of trials. We encourage Americans to enroll in vaccine trials, it will be a terrific thing for our country.”
He further said, “We have created the fastest economic recovery in American history. Our approach is pro-science, (Joe) Biden’s approach is anti-science. I do not know what their approach is, although a lot of it is copied from what we have done.”
While attacking his opposition leader in the upcoming US Presidential election, Trump said that, unlike Joe Biden, he plans to crush the coronavirus.
“Biden opposed China and Europe travel ban and strategies that they have — were just never-ending lockdowns, we are not locking down, we are actually growing at the rate that we have never experienced before…Our plan will crush the virus, Biden’s plan will crush America,” he added.
As per the latest data by the Johns Hopkins University, as many as 6,939,645 people in the US have tested positive of coronavirus and 201,861 people have succumbed to the disease till now. (ANI)
Trump calls FDA plan to tighten guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine approval ‘political move’
US President Donald Trump ON Wednesday (local time) said that his administration may or may not approve a proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would tighten guidelines for approving a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine.
On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that the FDA would consider stricter guidelines to approve a vaccine in order to improve transparency and public trust.
“That has to be approved by the White House, we may or may not approve it,” Trump said in a press briefing here. “That sounds like a political move.”
Many Democrats have accused Trump of trying to fast-track the vaccine approval process in order to get one delivered ahead of the November reelection. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has recently urged the regulator agency to maintain transparency and independence.
Trump has promised that 100 million doses of a vaccine will be distributed throughout the United States by the end of the year. He said a vaccine could be available for distribution before the presidential election on November 3.
The United States has reported nearly 7 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 201,000 deaths caused by the disease as of Wednesday evening, according to the Johns Hopkins University count. (ANI/Sputnik)
