Department of Defense

HHS, DoD Buy 100M More Doses of Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines

February 23, 2021 - HHS and the Department of Defense (DoD) recently purchased an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from both Pfizer and Moderna to boost vaccine supply in the US. The recent order brings the vaccines purchased by the US government from these two companies to a total 600 million doses, which is enough to vaccinate 300 million people,...

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