CDC calls emergency meeting to decide who gets Covid vaccine first
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention will hold an emergency meeting to decide who gets the Covid-19 vaccine first.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices will vote on Tuesday on who should go to the top of the line once the vaccines are approved, according to CNN.
The group’s chair, Dr Jose Romero, told the outlet they were meeting ahead of the FDA and Operation Warp Speed receiving submissions on Friday from states on their distribution plans.
"We foresee imminent authorization if this vaccine is shown to be effective and safe in the near future and we want to be at the point where we are providing appropriate guidance to the states and jurisdictions for the use of these vaccines," Mr Romero said.
"This is not something that is being rushed. We have already discussed the groups within the first tier. We are simply going over the data once again and having a vote primarily on the first tier group 1a -- healthcare providers and the people in the long term, congregate facilities."
