An FDA advisory committee has voted to recommend Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for an emergency use authorization. | Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Once Moderna’s vaccine gets a final authorization, it will begin rolling out within days.

An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted on Thursday 20-to-0, with one abstention, to recommend the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for an emergency use authorization for people ages 18 and older, determining that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks. This makes the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine the second one to receive a green light from the committee.

The FDA is expected to accept the recommendation from the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee within days, at which time the vaccine, which has an efficacy of almost 95 percent, can begin being distributed to health workers and high-risk populations.

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