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ROUNDUP: White House seeks to clarify press release claiming pandemic over | Fauci: COVID vaccine likely not available until next year

White House seeks to clarify press release claiming Trump ended the COVID-19 pandemic

A press release claiming that President Trump ended the coronavirus pandemic was "poorly worded" and Trump does not believe the pandemic is over, a White House spokesperson said Wednesday.

"The intent was to say that it is our goal to end the virus," White House strategic communications director Alyssa Farah said during a Fox News interview. 

"Cases are still rising and we need the American public to remain vigilant. This is the top priority of the president, defeating this virus and rebuilding our economy," Farah said.

Farah was attempting to clarify a press release sent Tuesday from the White House science office, which listed "ENDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC" in bold capital letters as the top accomplishment of President Trump's first term. ...

 

 

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The Trump administration will pay Eli Lilly $375 million to supply 300,000 doses of its experimental antibody drug to treat COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.

If the Food and Drug Administration authorizes use of the drug, the federal government will allocate the doses to state and territorial health departments which, in turn, will determine which health care facilities receive the drug for use in outpatient care. ...

Fauci: COVID vaccine likely not available until next year

A potential COVID-19 vaccine will not likely be available until next year, Anthony Fauci said Wednesday. 

During a virtual Q&A with the editor in chief of the medical journal JAMA, Fauci said companies by December will likely have enough data for the independent safety monitoring board to recommend applying for emergency authorization, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may not grant that authorization until January at the earliest.

Fauci cautioned that FDA's vaccine committee is going to want to see "good enough safety data and even prolonged efficacy data."

From that point in December, Fauci said FDA authorization could come in January, or it could be later. ...

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