Here’s when the first people in the US will actually get coronavirus vaccines

[Yoni Heisler]

• Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine may start being administered to Americans as soon as next month.
• The company said it will have 50 million doses ready before the end of the year, a quantity capable of vaccinating 25 million people.
• Healthcare workers and individuals at high-risk will be the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

Pfizer today announced that the vaccine it developed with BioNTech is 95% effective at preventing the coronavirus. What's more, the vaccine was found to be safe, with no study participants experiencing any severe side effects. In light of that, Pfizer said it will apply for an Emergency Use Authorization (EAU) from the FDA sometime over the next few days. And assuming that the EAU is granted, administration of the vaccine could begin as early as next month.

The one caveat to that is that it may take some time before Pfizer has enough vaccine doses for the entire population. The pharmaceutical giant today said that it will have approximately 50 million doses by the end of the year. Only 25 million of those doses, however, will be earmarked for use in the United States. Further, with the coronavirus vaccine schedule requiring two shots, only 12.5 million Americans will be able to receive Pfizer's vaccine this year in a best-case scenario.

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