World Americans will get government-issued cards to keep track of their COVID-19 vaccinations — take a look

Department of Defence COVID-19 vaccine kits.

• The Department of Defence released images of the paper cards Americans will receive to keep track of COVID-19 vaccine doses.
• Vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer require two separate doses, taken either three or four weeks apart, respectively.
• If taken correctly, preliminary analysis from late-stage trial data suggests the vaccines will be highly effective at protecting against COVID-19.
• An independent advisory committee will meet on December 10 to decide whether to recommend Pfizer's vaccine for FDA emergency authorised use.
• Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

The US will give you paper cards to keep track of when to get your COVID-19 vaccine.

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Americans may receive Pfizer's new Covid - 19 vaccine from December 11, and the country's immunization rate could An FDA vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to meet on December 10 and may grant Pfizer's request for emergency use authorization that day, Dr. Moncef Slaoui said on

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Vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna, which are both awaiting a green light for emergency authorised use, require two doses. Recipients must take Pfizer's second vaccine dose four weeks after the initial one, and Moderna's three weeks after.

To remind Americans to get both vaccine doses, Army Gen. Gustave Perna said Wednesday the US government will provide doctors' offices with ancillary kits that contain paper cards, as well as needles and syringes for the vaccines. Images of the cards, taken by the Department of Defence, indicate recipients will manually log when and where they got the first vaccine dose.

The cards will be issued in English, with some information in Spanish.

COVID-19 vaccine record cards.

If taken correctly, preliminary analysis from late-stage trial data suggests the vaccines will be highly effective at protecting against COVID-19. Pfizer's vaccine was 95% effective at preventing volunteers against COVID-19, while Moderna's was 94.1% effective.

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Three companies developing COVID-19 vaccines - AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer - have released positive results from their late-stage trials. Pfizer already applied for emergency authorization from the FDA. Its shot could get authorised as early as December 10, then delivered to Americans 24 to 48 hours after that. Here's a timeline of when the leading vaccine candidates are expected to get authorised, and the milestones they must pass before reaching the public. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

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An independent advisory committee will meet December 10 to assess whether the Pfizer vaccine is fit for FDA approval. The FDA will likely decide on Moderna's vaccine after Pfizer's.

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Operation Warp Speed, the US government's agency leading the vaccine effort, have funded research for other developers, including Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, Novavax, and Merck. Johnson & Johnson is still conducting trials, while AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford will likely retest its vaccine after scientists criticised the initial data.

Moncef Slaoui, the chief advisor of Operation Warp Speed, said the US aims to have 20 million people vaccinated by the end of the year. Perna said the Defence department will begin shipping the vaccine within 24 hours of an FDA greenlight.

Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-19 reached record levels in the last few weeks during a third surge of the disease. Nearly 275,000 Americans have died due to COVID-19, and almost 14 million have been infected so far.