Covid-19 roundup: Mod­er­na pass­es 100M mark for US vac­cines in land­mark mo­ment; Fake Pfiz­er vac­cine found in Mex­i­co

Mod­er­na an­nounced that it shipped its 100-mil­lionth dose of its Covid-19 vac­cine in the US on Mon­day. So far, 67 mil­lion dos­es have been ad­min­is­tered in the US, a state­ment said.

Ship­ments to the US gov­ern­ment have in­creased five­fold since the FDA’s emer­gency use au­tho­riza­tion Dec. 18, from 16 mil­lion dos­es to 88 mil­lion dos­es. Mod­er­na ex­pects to ship an­oth­er 40-50 mil­lion dos­es a month to the US gov­ern­ment, ac­cord­ing to a state­ment.

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