Trump Announces Deal With Moderna for 100 Million Doses of Potential CCP Virus Vaccine

Trump Announces Deal With Moderna for 100 Million Doses of Potential CCP Virus Vaccine
A view of Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 08, 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
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The Trump administration has struck a deal with Massachusetts-based drugmaker Moderna to secure 100 million doses of its potential CCP virus vaccine.

“This evening I’m pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Moderna to manufacture and deliver 100 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine candidate. The federal government will own these vaccine doses, we’re buying them,” President Donald Trump announced at a White House press briefing on Tuesday.