First Americans could be vaccinated early next week, Azar says

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration will move toward an emergency use authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine within days.

“We will work with Pfizer to get that shipped out and so we could see people getting vaccinated Monday, Tuesday of next week,” Azar told ABC News.

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