The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported Tuesday that, by January of next year, Americans should begin accessing vaccines and antiviral treatments through the “private market, similar to what It happens with flu vaccines.
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dawn O’Connell said in a statement that while they already intended to transition to the private sector, plans have been accelerated because they have not received additional funding from Congress.
“It has been more than 530 days since we received our last pandemic funding and without additional resources, it will be difficult to continue” delivering vaccines and treatments to Americans in a subsidized manner, O’Donell wrote in a statement.
However, HHS already has 170 million booster doses for a fall and winter vaccination campaign, the official said. Government projections estimate that stocks of the preventative treatment Evusheld and the antiviral drug Lagevrio will run out by early 2023.
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