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U.S. Expects 'Few Million' Doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccine If Approved
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February 17, 2021
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2:01Now PlayingThe U.S. government expects to initially receive only a “few million” doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine if it is authorized and is working with the company to prepare to scale up production, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said Wednesday.
Zients said the administration is planning for possible authorization of the vaccine -- which requires one dose -- and the contract would be for delivery of 100 million doses by the end of June. Those deliveries would be “back-end loaded,” he said.
“We’ve learned that there is not a big inventory of Johnson & Johnson. There’s a few million doses that we’ll start with,” Zients said during a press briefing. “We’re doing everything we can, working with the company, to accelerate the delivery schedule.”
A Government Accountability Office report published last month said J&J would deliver about two million doses of the vaccine if it receives an emergency-use authorization. The previous administration had said it was working with the company to speed up shipments.
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