Two main trucks left the Pfizer facility on Sunday morning, the company said.
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 71.5 million people and killed over 1.6 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
The Department of Health and Human Services said it’s buying another 100 million doses of Moderna's vaccine candidate, which is scheduled for review by the FDA advisory committee next Thursday.
The federal government will now own a total 200 million doses of the Moderna vaccine.
ABC News’ Stephanie Ebbs contributed to this report.
In a Friday phone call, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows suggested to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn that his job could be on the line if his agency doesn't authorize emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by the end of the day, sources familiar with the matter said.
"We don’t comment on private conversations, but the chief regularly requests updates on progress toward a vaccine," a White House official told ABC News.
Vaccine authorization by the FDA is expected imminently, as early as today.
ABC News’ Katherine Faulders and John Santucci contributed to this report.
Dr. Anthony Fauci told The New York Times that he'll “get vaccinated publicly, in the public space, so that people can see me getting vaccinated,” as soon as “the vaccine becomes available to me.”
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George Bush and Bill Clinton have all offered to get vaccinated on camera.
The Food and Drug Administration as early as today could authorize emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
California reported 35,468 new cases on Friday and 12,940 hospitalizations, both record highs.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued stay-at-home orders to regions if their intensive care unit capacity falls below 15%. The San Joaquin Valley, Southern California and the Greater Sacramento region all have fallen below that threshold, while the Bay Area and Northern California have not.
ABC News’ Matt Fuhrman contributed to this report.
