FDA authorizes Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use – as it happened

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1.37am GMT

From me and Joan E Greve

1.17am GMT

I would anticipate that we likely will see shots in the arm by the very early part of next week," Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), told NBC earlier today.

NIAID worked with Moderna in developing the vaccine. Unlike the Pfizer vaccine, the Moderna vaccine deliveries will be managed by the federal government, using funding from Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration's program to quickly develop and disseminate Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.