Covid-19 roundup: Trump sug­gests Pfiz­er vac­cine could be first ap­proved; VBI Vac­cines inks de­vel­op­ment deal with Cana­da

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump com­ment­ed Mon­day morn­ing that Pfiz­er’s Covid-19 vac­cine can­di­date could be the first to win ap­proval by reg­u­la­tors.

Dur­ing an in­ter­view on a Fox News morn­ing show, the pres­i­dent said Pfiz­er was do­ing “very well” when asked which can­di­date could be ap­proved, ac­cord­ing to a Reuters re­port. He added that J&J could fol­low up af­ter­ward, say­ing “they’ll prob­a­bly be a lit­tle lat­er.”

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