States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says

The Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant is shown Friday in Portage, Mich., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

WASHINGTON — The nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.