Low vaccine supply pushes U.S. vaccination timeline to at least late May: Fauci

By Lisa Lambert, Reuters Posted on February 16, 2021

Fauci, Redfield testify at U.S. Senate hearing on coronavirus response in Washington

Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, looks on before testifying at a U.S. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing to examine COVID-19, focusing on an update on the federal response at the U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C., U.S., September 23, 2020.

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The U.S. timeline for vaccinations against the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus will now stretch into late May or early June due to a limited supply of vaccines and the slow rollout of Johnson & Johnson’s drug, Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease official leading the country’s pandemic response, said on Monday.

“The critical issue is that the demand far outweighs the supply,” Fauci said in a CNN interview. “I’m a little disappointed that the number of doses that we’re going to get early on from J&J are relatively small.”