A World Health Organization official this week warned that a COVID-19 vaccine is not necessarily a "silver bullet" for ending the pandemic. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGERight now, the FDA has granted emergency approval to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities began to receive the jab this week. Another promising candidate developed by Moderna is likely to gain emergency use approval as early as this week. U.S. health experts are hoping a combination of vaccines will ultimately enable the U.S. to conquer the outbreak.

Source: Fox News December 17, 2020 18:45 UTC