Mr. Azar said that while the White House is committed to delivering a vaccine, it is only one part of a “multi-factorial response program,” during a CNN interview.
Other parts of the plan include testing symptomatic people, broader surveillance of cases, containing surges and therapeutics, Mr. Azar said.
On May 15, President Trump and HHS unveiled a vaccine effort called Operation Warp Speed, a program designed to drastically reduce the time it takes to get a COVID-19 vaccine to U.S. residents. The country will return to normal with or without a vaccine, the president had said.
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