New York, 12th August: Trump announces a deal with the US pharmaceutical company Moderna for millions of doses of potential coronavirus vaccine. According to reports from international media, the Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with the biotechnology company Moderna for 100 million doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine. The agreement is for about $1.5 billion, which means that the government will pay about $15 per dose, and the vaccine will then be given to patients for free. More than 700 people test positive for COVID-19 The Trump administration is signing similar other deals as it wants to fund multiple potential vaccines for COVID-19, in hope of having one dose ready by the end of this year. President Trump announced the agreement from his White House press briefing as he seeks to highlight progress on a vaccine. Earlier in the day, he also met with the leaders of the Operation Warp Speed initiative aimed at developing a vaccine. Russia announces first Coronavirus Vaccine Of all the potential vaccines the government is funding, Trump said there is “tremendous promise in every single one of them and we have many of them and they’re years ahead of … Continue reading Trump signs a deal with Moderna