The single-injection vaccine recently approved by Johnson & Johnson could be shipped to states as early as Monday – with more than 164,000 doses allocated for New York in the first round of deliveries.
Empire State is set to receive 164,800 doses of vaccine this week, according to the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As part of the transportation, New York City will receive 71,100 photos, the agency said.
Johnson & Johnson said it has 4 million doses of its vaccine ready for delivery immediately after obtaining federal approval.
The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization Saturday for inoculation, which will be the first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine available in the United States. The single dose was found to protect 85% against the most severe cases of COVID-19 in a massive global study.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices then approved guidance on Sunday to allow the vaccine to be given to people 18 and older – the final authorization before launch, NPR reported.
Johnson & Johnson said the vaccine could be launched immediately on Monday, CBS reported.
The shooting will join the country’s arsenal in fighting the pandemic. Two-dose vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer are currently in use.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday that the state had already consumed 89% of the supply of the first doses of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
“Our extensive and expanding network of distribution sites is receiving more and more gunfire across the state, but we are limited by the supply of available vaccines,” Cuomo said in a statement, echoing what state officials and locals complained for weeks.
“The federal government has expanded its vaccine supply, but there is still a long way to go before we can reach a large part of the state’s population.”
With Post Wires