Booster shots for the Moderna vaccine will have to wait at least one week after the president’s September 20 target because of the delay in submitting data, Doctor Anthony Fauci said Sunday.
Fauci told CNN that Pfizer was able to submit its data to the Food and Drug Administration about their mRNA vaccine booster shot earlier, and “it’s been examined and ready to go.” Moderna is behind in submitting its data causing the delay.
The news comes as Texas reported that nearly 350 children are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, according to state data.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services’ online COVID-19 dashboard, which was last updated on Sunday afternoon, there are 345 pediatric patients in hospitals across the Lone Star State. That number was up from 282 on Thursday afternoon.
The data also shows there are 73 staffed pediatric intensive care unit beds available in all of Texas.
Since the new school year began in Texas last month, some 52,000 students have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the data.
COVID-19 has infected over 40 million Americans — which is more than the entire population of Canada, according to UN data — and nearly 650,000 Americans have died from the virus, reports Johns Hopkins University.
Source-ABC
