United States to roll out Pfizer covid-19 vaccine from Monday

The Unites States will start vaccination drive from Monday as it has granted regulatory emergency approval to Pfizer and BionTech's covid-19 vaccine, the official in charge of the distribution operation said Saturday.

General Gus Perna in a media briefing said that the first doses of the vaccine will be shipped on Sunday and the vaccination process will start from Monday morning, "We are operationally 100% confident that we will get the vaccines to the American people."

"Expect 145 sites across all the states to receive vaccine on Monday, another 425 sites on Tuesday. And the final 66 sites on Wednesday, which will complete the initial delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine," he added.

In the first phase, frontline workers, police personnel and essential workers are expected to be vaccinated.

The approval of a vaccine would raise hope in the otherwise mundane situation in the United States as the nation continues to witness the worst surge of the virus.

The The country reported its highest daily cases, more than 232,700, on Friday, according to a Reuters report. In the last 7-day, the United States is reporting 2,411 deaths per day, the highest 7-day average since the onset of pandemic.

It also reported more than 3,000 deaths in a single day on Friday, becoming the first and only country to do so.

Meanwhile, the US have become the sixth country to green light the Pfizer vaccine on Friday night. Previously, Canada, UK and Bahrain among other countries have granted permission to the vaccine.