HHS official: ‘We are absolutely on track’ for millions of 'approved' COVID vaccines by year's end

[PeteS in CA]

HHS official: ‘We are absolutely on track’ for millions of 'approved' COVID vaccines by year's end

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/top-hhs-official-we-are-absolutely-track-millions-approved-vaccine-years-end

Paul Mango, deputy chief of staff for policy at the Department of Health and Human Services, said the agency is "absolutely on track” to approve “tens of millions" of coronavirus vaccine doses before end of 2020.

When formally accepting the presidential nomination on Thursday evening, President Trump said a vaccine would be available by the end of the year "or maybe even sooner.”

Mango told reporters that manufacturing is already underway for three of the COVID-19 vaccines.

“We feel we are absolutely on track, if not a little bit ahead, in terms of our overall objective, which is tens of millions of safe and effective vaccines approved before calendar year end,” he said on Friday during a conference call briefing on Operation Warp Speed. “We’re dealing with a very, very complex logistical task when it comes to vaccine distribution.”

The spotlight has been on the development and testing of vaccines, which is going well, with three vaccines well into the third (final pre-approval) phase of testing. Less visible, the Trump Administration has also also been working with the vaccine companies to facilitate volume production, issued conditional contracts for large quantities, and also for increased production of necessaries such as glass vials, syringes, and needles.

[Smokin Joe]

That's nice.

(Read that sorta like "Bless your heart".)