Vaccines Expected to Be Deployed in Next 60 Days

"We're extremely encouraged by the progress that two particular companies have been making as it relates to vaccines," Meadows said on "CBS This Morning." "Some 100 million vials of those vaccines, we expect to be deployed within the next 60 days. And so as we look at that, we do believe that we're rounding the corner in terms of the approval."

Meadows' comments come days after he came under fire for telling CNN that the administration's focus had moved to mitigation and that "we're not going to control the pandemic."

On Thursday, Meadows pointed out that Europe is seeing a surge that is higher than what's being experienced in the United States, so it's hoped that the efforts underway here "will allow us to return to normal in the upcoming months."