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Washington (AP) - According to US President Joe Biden, the USA will have enough vaccine for all adults in the country "by the end of May".
So far, Biden had aimed to reach this milestone by the end of July.
The recent approval of a third vaccine and government efforts to ramp up production of the compounds allowed the target to be reached even faster, Biden said at the White House.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency approval for Johnson & Johnson's drug on Saturday.
The company has signed a contract with the US government to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccine by the end of June.
The vaccine is now also to be produced by the competing pharmaceutical company Merck, as the government has announced.
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The US government will receive 300 million doses each from the two manufacturers of the previously approved vaccines, Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna, by the end of July at the latest.
Two doses are required for each vaccination;
the amount alone would be sufficient to supply all of the nearly 300 million adults in the country.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective after just one injection.
So far, the vaccines have only been approved for adults.
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