Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine has received emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. Moderna's mRNA-1273 is the second vaccine to be allowed for emergency use against COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age or older.
About 20 million doses are expected to be delivered this month, with the rest of the initial purchase coming in the first quarter of next year.
US officials aim to get 2.9 million doses of the vaccine, developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE, by week's end.
The United States government and Pfizer Inc are negotiating an agreement for more vaccine doses next year, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation.
Days after Mahatma Gandhi's statue outside the Indian Embassy in Washington was vandalised by Khalistan supporters during a protest against farm laws implemented by India, the Donald Trump administration has finally broken its silence.
Electoral College members in all six battleground states -- Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- where Donald Trump had challenged the result, voted in favour of Joe Biden.
According to the latest update by the Johns Hopkins University, as many as 15,998,522 in the US have tested positive for coronavirus and 296,977 deaths have been reported so far.
Khalistan supporters desecrated Mahatma Gandhi's statue outside the Indian Embassy in Washington, DC while protesting in solidarity with farmers who are protesting against the farm laws in India.
The U.S Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by US President Donald Trump which challenged President elect Joe Biden's victory in 4 states.
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.
