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U.S. unveils broad vaccine plan -- but no quick rollout

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZAL-
DIVAR and MATTHEW PER-
RONE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
government outlined a
sweeping plan Wednesday
to make vaccines for COV-
ID-19 available for free to
all Americans when proven
safe and effective, though
a top public health official
made clear that wide-
spread vaccination of mil-
lions of Americans couldn't
come until well into next
year.
In a report to Congress
and an accompanying
"playbook" for states and
localities, federal health
agencies and the Defense
Department sketched out
complex plans for a vac-
cination campaign to be-
gin gradually in January or
even late this year, eventu-
ally ramping up to reach
any American who wants
a shot.
President Donald Trump as- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield holds up a CDC document that reads "COVID-19 Vaccina-
serted Tuesday that a vac- tion Program Interim Playbook for Jurisdiction Operations" as he speaks appears at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing
cine could be three to four on a "Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington.
weeks away. But the head Associated Press
of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention proval to distribute it na- available in November or and people most vulner- mer of 2021, he estimated.
told Congress Wednesday tionally. December would be in able to COVID-19. The shot
that it would take six to nine CDC Director Robert Red- "very limited supply," and wouldn't be broadly avail- Continued on next page
months after any shot's ap- field said any vaccine reserved for first responders able until the spring or sum-