US won’t approve AstraZeneca shot until APRIL, Operation Warp Speed chief says

Operation Warp Speed’s chief scientist has admitted the US vaccine rollout ‘should be better’ as anger mounts that fewer only about 230,000 Americans are getting vaccinated a day.  So far, fewer than 2.6 million people have been vaccinated as of 9am ET Wednesday, according to the CDC‘s updated figures.  That means just 461,982 vaccines have … Read more

Operation Warp Speed advisor says US WON’T follow Europe with ban on UK flights

Operation Warp Speed advisor says the US WON’T follow Europe with ban on UK flights – but Trump’s plan to lift restrictions on non-Americans traveling from Britain hangs in balance as ‘super COVID’ spreads in the country Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor to the government’s Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, on Sunday said a ban on … Read more

States only use 5-20% of the covid antibody drugs sent by Operation Warp Speed

The majority of doses of coronavirus antibody drugs are going unused, a new report claims.  According to CNBC, Operation Warp Speed ships out some 65,000 doses of the drugs across the U.S. each week.  But, chief of the vaccine initiative Dr Moncef Slaoui said only five to 20 percent of treatments – made by Eli … Read more

Head of Operation Warp Speed says US is trying to secure more doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine

The head of Operation Warp Speed says the U.S. government is currently in talks to purchase more doses of Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine for Americans. Currently, the U.S. has plans to receive 100 million doses of the vaccines – enough to inoculate 50 million people – from the New York-based drug company. However, a recent … Read more

Head of Operation Warp Speed says first Americans could get vaccines within 24 HOURS of FDA approval

The chief of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed said the first Americans to get coronavirus vaccines could receive them within 24 hours of emergency approval.   Dr Moncef Slaoui leads the government’s plan to fast-track the production of 300 million vaccine doses in the US by 2021. At an event conducted by The Washington Post, … Read more

Head of Operation Warp speed says he expects coronavirus vaccine trials to resume next week  

Paused AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine trials expected to resume this WEEK, Operation Warp Speed chief says Dr Moncef Slaoui, the chief of Operation Warp Speed, says he expects two paused coronavirus trials to resume this week AstraZeneca’s US arm was placed on hold on September 8 when a British participant suffered a … Read more

Head of Operation Warp Speed says he believes pandemic could be under control by next flu season 

The chief of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed says he believes the coronavirus pandemic could be under control in the US by next flu season. Dr Moncef Slaoui leads the government’s plan to fast-track the production of 300 million vaccine doses in America by 2021. In an appearance on The Dr Oz Show on … Read more