US INKS MODERNA DEAL; OFFICIAL SAYS VACCINE NOT A RACE

NEW YORK/ MOSCOW: The US has entered an agreement with drugmaker Moderna to acquire 100 million doses of its potential Covid-19 vaccine for around $1.5 billion, the company and White House said on Tuesday. The US in recent weeks has made deals to acquire hundreds of millions of doses of potential Covid-19 vaccines from several companies as part of its Operation Warp Speed programme, which aims to deliver a vaccine in the country by the end of the year. Moderna’s price per dose comes to around $30.50 per person for a two dose regimen.