One Fourth of US Vaccinated; Approval of AstraZeneca Shots Likely in April After Successful US Trial
The US has given at least one Covid vaccine dose to 24.9% of its residents as of yesterday, according to the Center for Disease control. Some 32% of adult Americans have received a jab and 69.2% of Americans over 65 years of age have gotten at least one shot.
With Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna both increasing production and Johnson and Johnson scheduled to deliver 20 million doses by the end of the month, vaccinations look likely to ramp up even more by the end of the month. J&J has only deliver 4.3 million doses with most of the doses expected in the last few days.
AstraZeneca’s US Trials Show 79% Efficacy
www.msn.com/… AstraZeneca says it will apply for FDA’s emergency approval in the first half of April. Its US trial showed 79% efficacy and 100% against severe Covid-19. The head of the company says it will have 30 million doses ready for delivery in the US upon approval.
The AstraZeneca vaccine has a 2 dose regimen and has no special refrigeration requirement. Many governments have already approved its use but the FDA’s approval will help to overcome some lingering doubts about the vaccine due to missteps made during its earlier trials and allegations about blood clots which now seems to be unmerited.
The findings of a large U.S. trial have shown that the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is 79% effective in preventing symptomatic illness and 100% effective against severe disease and hospitalization. Ruud Dobber, president of AstraZeneca U.S., joined CNBC’s Meg Tirrell and the CNBC’s “Squawk Box” crew on Monday to discuss the results.
Production of Vaccines Ramp Up at Pfizer and Moderna
Both the production and administration of shots have picked up in recent weeks, however. Now, some 2.5 million people in the U.S. are vaccinated daily on average, up from about 500,000 in early January, though many who want a vaccine still can’t get it.
The increased output should be enough to fully vaccinate 76 million people in the U.S. in March, another 75 million in April and then 89 million more in May, according to estimates from Evercore ISI analysts. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines require two doses.
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COVID.CDC.GOV/… COVID-19 VACCINATIONS IN US Day Delivered Total Shots 1st Shot % of Pop 2nd Shot % of Pop 2/21 Sun 156,734,555 126,509,736 +2,028,324
82,772,416 24.9% +1,356,647
44,848,494 13.5% 2/20 Sat 156,734,555 124,481,412 +3,039,915
81,415,769 24.5% +2,048,544
44,141,228 13.3% 3/19 Fri 156,734,555 121,441,497 +3,127,679
79,367,225 23.9% +2,137,164
43,036,818 13% 3/18 Thu 154,199,235 118,313,818 +2,583,810
77,230,061 23.3% +1,734,345
41,934,629 12.6% 3/17 Wed 151,108,445 115,730,008 +2,692,381
75,495,716 22.7% +1,825,760
40,981,464 12.3% 3/16 Tue 147,590,615 73,669,956 22.2% +1,534,340
39,989,196 12% 3/15 Mon 142,918,525 110,737,856 +1,655,996
72,135,616 21.7% +1,081,171
38,992,039 11.8% 3/14 Sun 135,847,835 109,081,860 +2,021,586
71,054,445 21.4% +1,410,460
38,286,605 11.5% 3/13 Sat 135,847,835 107,060,274 +1,356,773
69,643,985 21.0% +759,974
37,411,776 11.3% 3/12 Fri 135,846,665 105,703,501 +4,575,496
68,884,011 20.7% +2,918,706
36,883,178 11.1% 3/11 Thu 133,337,525 101,128,005
+2,924,112
65,965,305 19.9%
+1,893,631
35,000,159 10.5% 3/10 Wed 131,131,470 98,203,893
+2,482,603
64,071,674 19.3%
+1,620,524
33,863,127 10.2% 3/9 Tue 127,869,155 95,721,290
+2,028,692
62,451,150 18.8%
+1,424,025
32,904,161 9.9% 3/8 Mon 123,232,775 93,692,598
+1,602,746
61,027,125 18.4%
+1,021,894
32,079,368 9.7% 3/7 Sun 116,378,615 92,089,852
+1,738,102
60,005,231 18.1%
+1,131,521
31,285,186 9.4% 3/6 Sat 116,363,405 90,351,750
+2,439,427
58,873,710 17.7% +1,514,861
30,686,881 9.2% 3/5 Fri 116,355,405 87,912,323 +2,904,229
57,358,849 17.3% +1,811,152
29,776,160 9.0% 3/4 Thu 114,133,115 85,008,094
+2,435,246
55,547,697 16.7%
+1,512,027
28,701,201 8.6% 3/3 Wed 109,905,530 82,572,848
+2,032,374
54,035,670 16.3%
+1,180,091
27,795,980 8.4% 3/2 Tue 107,028,890 80,540,474
+1,908,873
52,855,579 15.9%
+1,100,132
26,957,804 8.1% 3/1 Mon 102,353,940 78,631,601
+1,731,614
51,755,447 15.6%
+1,022,450
26,162,122 7.9% 2/28 Sun 96,402,490 76,899,987
+1,663,984
25,466,405 7.7% 2/27
J&J vaccine
authorized
1/19 1/18
1/14
pre-Biden Moderna
Pfizer/Bio
20,110,911 authorized
authorized
covid.cdc.gov/…
(The CDC has a 72 hour window for reporting vaccine numbers)
