Operation Warp Speed's Logistics Chief Weighs In On Vaccine Progress

Gen. Gustave Perna, shown hear at a Senate confirmation hearing in June, tells NPR that if a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is approved by the FDA in December, "10 to 30 million doses of vaccine will be available that we can start distributing" in the U.S.

Gen. Gustave Perna says as soon as the FDA deems a vaccine safe and effective, his team is ready to coordinate deployment of tens of millions of doses as early as next month.

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