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Florida prepares as COVID-19 vaccine approval could be days away

  • The United States could be days away from receiving shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine as the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) will review Pfizer's candidate on Thursday.
    Florida prepares as COVID-19 vaccine approval could be days away The United States could be days away from receiving shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine as the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) will review Pfizer's candidate on Thursday.
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The United States could be days away from receiving shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine as the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) will review Pfizer's candidate on Thursday.

While waiting for approval, facilities across Florida are making sure that they are ready in the event that Pfizer gets the go-ahead. Doses of the vaccine could be shipped out within hours of approval.

In addition, some long-term care facilities are already taking meetings with companies like CVS to go over what the rollout will look like once the vaccine is available. 

Once the COVID-19 vaccine gets FDA approval, the Pfizer vaccine could be distributed as early as December 21st and the Moderna vaccine as early as December 28th.