Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said COVID-19 vaccines for the general public may be available by the spring.

His comments come a day after Pfizer and BioNTech announced that one of its vaccine candidates had been found 90% effective in preventing the coronavirus. Azar said Pfizer plans to distribute about 20 million doses of the vaccine each month beginning at the end of November.

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