President Donald Trump Covid-19 vaccine will not be delivered to New York

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15 Nov 2020

President Trump said in his first in-person White House briefing since the election that the Covid-19 vaccine will be available to the U S except for New York which he says has mishandled the virus and doesn't trust his administration For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO a https 3A 2F 2Fcnb cx 2F2NGeIvi a President Donald Trump said Friday that the U S government would not deliver a coronavirus vaccine to New York if and when one is available New York Gov Andrew Cuomo will have to let us know when he s ready for it because otherwise we can t be delivering it to a state that won t be giving it to its people immediately Trump said during a press conference from the White House Rose Garden He doesn t trust where the vaccine is coming from Trump added These are coming from the greatest companies anywhere in the world greatest labs in the world but he doesn t trust the fact that it s this White House this administration so we won t be delivering it to New York until we have authorization to do so and that pains me to say that In response a senior advisor to Cuomo said on Twitter that the governor is fighting to ensure the communities hit hardest by COVID get the vaccine Trump has failed with his pandemic response lied to Americans about how bad it was when he knew otherwise was fired by voters for his incompetence Rich Azzopardi said Trump s comments were his first in-person remarks since NBC News and other news outlets projected over the weekend that Joe Biden won the presidential election Cuomo announced in late September that the state would form an independent task force of scientists doctors and health experts that would review data from every Covid-19 vaccine approved by the U S Food and Drug Administration The governor said the state would independently review the vaccines after many questioned whether the White House was attempting to rush the approval process ahead of Election Day for political reasons Frankly I m not going to trust the federal government s opinion and I wouldn t recommend to New Yorkers based on the federal government s opinion the Democrat governor said in a statement Other states followed New York s lead California Gov Gavin Newsom announced on Oct 19 that the state wouldn t distribute a vaccine until its own panel of experts reviewed the data to determine its safety Washington Oregon and Nevada joined California s vaccine safety review group on Oct 27 appointing their own experts to review any vaccine that receives federal approval and verify its safety before it s made available to the public Over the past week the U S coronavirus outbreak has worsened with the nation reporting more than 150 000 new infections Thursday according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University The seven-day average of daily new cases stands at 131 445 32 higher than a week ago according to a CNBC analysis of Hopkins data On Monday Pfizer said that the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with German drugmaker BioNTech was 90 effective in a late-stage trial Pfizer said its analysis evaluated 94 confirmed Covid-19 infections among the trial s 43 538 participants It said the case split between vaccinated individuals and those who received a placebo indicated a vaccine efficacy rate of above 90 at seven days after the second of the company s two-dose vaccine Trump said Friday that it was an unfortunate mistake when Pfizer claimed earlier this week that it wasn t part of Operation Warp Speed While Pfizer did strike a deal with the U S government for vaccine doses in July the company had been working on a vaccine for the coronavirus long before Subscribe to CNBC TV a https 3A 2F 2Fcnb cx 2FSubscribeCNBCtelevision a Subscribe to CNBC a https 3A 2F 2Fcnb cx 2FSubscribeCNBC a Subscribe to CNBC Classic a https 3A 2F 2Fcnb cx 2FSubscribeCNBC a classic Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis From market futures to live price updates CNBC is the leader in business news worldwide The News with Shepard Smith is CNBC s daily news podcast providing deep non-partisan coverage and perspective on the day s most important stories Available to listen by 8 30pm ET 5 30pm PT daily beginning September 30 a https 3A 2F 2Fwww cnbc com 2F2020 2F09 2F29 2Fthe-news-with-shepard-smith-podcast html 3F source 3Dyoutube 257Cshepsmith 257Cpodcast a Connect with CNBC News Online Get the latest news a http 3A 2F 2Fwww cnbc com 2F a Follow CNBC on LinkedIn a https 3A 2F 2Fcnb cx 2FLinkedInCNBC a Follow CNBC News on Facebook a https 3A 2F 2Fcnb cx 2FLikeCNBC a Follow CNBC News on Twitter a https 3A 2F 2Fcnb cx 2FFollowCNBC a Follow CNBC News on Instagram a https 3A 2F 2Fcnb cx 2FInstagramCNBC a a https 3A 2F 2Fwww cnbc com 2Fselect 2Fbest-credit-cards 2F a CNBC CNBCTV