Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is currently authorized for emergency use in the US. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported a previous record of 1,910 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. Biden announced today that he is directing the US Department of Health and Human Services to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. Some context: The Biden administration announced last week that it helped forge the manufacturing collaboration between Merck and Johnson & Johnson to expand production of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky said in the briefing that the world is "at war" against Covid-19.

Source: The Nation March 10, 2021 23:48 UTC