(NPR) U.S. Government May Find It Hard To Get More Doses Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine

U.S. Government May Find It Hard To Get More Doses Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine








A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech that was used at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, U.K., on Tuesday.



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U.S. Government May Find It Hard To Get More Doses Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine






A Pfizer board member says the government declined to buy more doses beyond the initial 100 million already agreed upon. Demand from other countries could complicate future purchases.