This makes Moderna’s vaccine the second to be approved in a Western country. “Moderna vaccine overwhelmingly approved. In addition, the private sector agreed last month to acquire 2.6 million shots of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca in the nation’s first supply deal for a coronavirus vaccine. The US panel of experts voted 20 in favor of Moderna’s vaccine, none against, with one abstention. The United States, which has recorded more than 17 million cases of the virus, will probably become the first country to approve the Moderna vaccine.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 18, 2020 21:33 UTC