The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency authorization to a coronavirus vaccine developed by pharma firm Moderna, the second immunization to pass muster with American regulators.

“With the availability of two vaccines now for the prevention of Covid-19, the FDA has taken another crucial step in the fight against this global pandemic that is causing vast numbers of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States each day,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn in announcing the move on Friday, hailing the agency’s “open and transparent scientific review process.”

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Source: RT