FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
President Donald Trump announced the news on Twitter.
The move comes a day after the FDA's advisory committee recommended that the U.S. government authorize the nation's first COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 16.
The first vaccine will be administered in less than 24 hours, Trump said Friday night.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told "Good Morning America" Friday morning that up to 20 million Americans will be vaccinated this month.