Trump: First shot of Pfizer vaccine in US will be given in less than 24 hours

Published December 12, 2020 11:56am

An example of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine vial is visible on a desk before a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee hearing on the logistics of transporting a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., US, December 10, 2020. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said late on Friday after the US Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine that the first shot would be administered in the United States in less than 24 hours. —Reuters

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