The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine was approved by the Food
and Drug Administration Saturday, becoming the third vaccine able to be
distributed in the country.
According to Johnson & Johnson, their vaccine is 85% effect against severe
forms of the coronavirus.
The single-dose vaccine will add to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that have
already rolled out.
Johnson & Johnson say they expect to deliver enough doses by the end of
March to vaccinated more than 20 million people, and 100 million people during
the first half of 2021.
Advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to
discuss vaccine distribution, as well as determining priority groups for the
vaccine.
Dozens of residents are getting vaccinated at Medgar Evers College today as eligibility
expanded to the entire borough of Brooklyn.