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Top U.S. health official says third COVID-19 vaccine could come next month

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in in West Hartford, Connecticut
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in in West Hartford, Connecticut

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A third vaccine to stave off COVID-19 could get U.S. approval as early as next month, a top U.S. health official said on Sunday as the second vaccine began shipping out nationwide..

Admiral Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, told ABC News that data was yet to be released on the novel coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson and Janssen, but that if approved it would give the United States its third vaccine following ones from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Daniel Wallis)