Governor Cuomo Announces New York State Clinical Advisory Task Force Approves Moderna Vaccine

December 18, 2020 - Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the New York State Clinical Advisory Task Force, following the FDA's advisory committee's recommendation for emergency use authorization of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, has reviewed and approved use of the vaccine in New York State. New York expects to receive approximately 346,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine next week, pending final FDA authorization. The Governor also announced that the State Department of Health has approved and issued guidance regarding the use of an extra one to two doses that have been discovered in Pfizer vaccine shipments. Arkady Belozovsky (CDI) and Feed Interpreter Jeff Harris