The Pentagon's only vaccine supplier, Bioport of Lansing, Mich., has not yet gained Food and Drug Administration certification for its new manufacturing plant. Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said last week that the Pentagon had only about one month's supply of vaccine on hand, at the current rate of inoculations. An additional batch of vaccine in storage has yet to receive FDA approval for use, so Cohen had to decide on how to proceed. There are now about 100,000 doses available, Cohen said, adding that it should last until the end of the year. By that time, Bioport's new manufacturing plant should be certified, the Pentagon hopes.
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