Operation Warp Speed October
And agency leadership to discuss the ongoing covid 19 response and operation warp speed.
Operation warp speed october. Following the meeting the secretary and dr. The program has pumped billions of dollars into numerous pharmaceutical companies in hopes of developing one or more safe and effective covid 19 vaccines. Department of health and human services hhs secretary alex azar will meet with cdc director robert r. Watch live coverage as president trump gives an update on operation warp speed and his administrations coronavirus response.
Operation warp speed is a partnership among components of the department of health and human services and the department of defense engaging with private firms and other federal agencies and coordinating among existing hhs wide efforts to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostic. Moncef slaoui chief adviser to the administrations effort to develop a covid 19. On wednesday october 21 us. Governments operation warp speed program goal to begin delivering 300 million doses of a vaccine for covid 19 in 2021 their release read.
President donald trump s operation warp speed is an effort created to accelerate a vaccine rollout without sacrificing safety. Department of health and human services and the department of defense to meet the us. Department of health and human service released a statement that announced operation warp speeds goal is to produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with. And biontech se today announced the execution of an agreement with the us.
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