Warp Speed Official: 7.9 Million Doses Of Vaccine Ready For Distribution Next Week
![U.S. Army General Gustave Perna told reporters Saturday that some 7.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines are ready for distribution next week.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/12/19/ap_20352806223457_wide-3d33e112419c9f0aa7ea34674af2e1e835c2c8c8.jpg?s=600)
The top military official with the federal vaccine effort spoke less than 24 hours after Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine became the second to win an emergency use authorization from the FDA.
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