USA Continues Buying mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense announced on December 11, 2020, they will purchase an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, called mRNA-1273, from Moderna. If authorized by the U.S. FDA, the Moderna vaccine will begin shipping immediately and be provided at no cost to Americans.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar stated in a press release, “This new federal purchase can give Americans even greater confidence we will have enough supply to vaccinate all Americans who want it by the second quarter of 2021.”