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Operation Warp Speed launched

President Trump announced Operation Warp Speed in the Rose Garden, a joint HHS–DoD effort to develop, manufacture, and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020, naming Moncef Slaoui as chief scientist and Gen. Gustave Perna as chief operating officer. The plan called for the federal government to invest in manufacturing leading vaccine candidates before regulatory approval to eliminate delays. Officials stated roughly $10 billion in congressional funding supported the effort.

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“Its objective is to finish developing and then to manufacture and distribute a proven coronavirus vaccine as fast as possible.”

President Trump, Rose Garden remarks

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Remarks by President Trump on Vaccine Development — May 15, 2020 (WH archive)
Tier 1 · transcript · Rose Garden Operation Warp Speed announcement

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