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Covid Task Force Promises Rapid December Vaccine Rollout

  • Surgeon General promises quick reviews of vaccine requests
  • Concerns about fresh round of infections from holiday travel

Jerome Adams

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Members of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force fanned out across Sunday talk shows to promise a rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines to millions of Americans by year-end.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said the federal government hopes to quickly review and approve requests from two drugmakers for emergency approval of their Covid-19 vaccines.