ET]The first shipments of Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine will leave Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Sunday after the FDA authorized the vaccine for emergency use , a landmark in the pandemic. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory committee met Saturday morning and must vote to recommend the vaccine. "I will absolutely take this Covid-19 vaccine pending availability and distribution," he said, "because I have complete trust and confidence in the FDA's career staff's evaluation." 'Unprecedented and catastrophic suffering'The rise in hospitalized Covid-19 patients nationwide has been followed by climbing death tolls. Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration has urged airports nationwide to be ready for flights carrying the Covid-19 vaccine even if the airport is not scheduled to receive it.

Source: CNN December 12, 2020 07:21 UTC