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Original Title: Foreign Media: Global New Crown Vaccination Contest Begins in Europe and the United States to Speed Up the Approval Process Source: Reference News Network
Reference News Network reported on December 10 According to a report from the British “Times” website on December 9, thousands of Britons became the first people in the world to be vaccinated with the new corona vaccine outside of experimenters. After the initial 800,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrive, two more lots of vaccine will be delivered later.
According to reports, the British National Health Service should be able to receive 4 million doses of vaccine before Christmas, so that the next phase of vaccination can begin. It is estimated that 280 vaccination centers will begin operating next week.
British Health Secretary Matthew Hancock said: “Starting next week, we will expand our deployment and start vaccinating by general practitioners. We will start vaccinating in nursing homes from Christmas. As more vaccines are released in The new one in production this year, we will open vaccination centers in larger venues such as stadiums and conference rooms. “
According to a Kyodo News report on December 8 in Washington, President Trump signed an executive order on December 8 to ensure that Americans have priority access to the new corona virus vaccine, and then the United States government will work hard to promote supplies to other countries.
Trump reportedly announced the above news at an event held near the White House. He is eager to credit himself for the rapid development of the vaccine.
Trump said that “in a few days,” the US drug regulatory agency will provide an emergency use authorization for the vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Modena has also requested authorization for its vaccine.
The report noted that Operation “speed” is a US government vaccine research and development funding project. Trump said at an event about the project: “They said it was a miracle to some degree, and I think it is.”
He said this executive order will ensure that the US government “prioritizes vaccines for US citizens before shipping them to other countries.”
Additionally, according to an Associated Press Toronto / Washington report on Dec. 8, European Medicines Agency Director Aimee Cook said on the 8th that she hopes to have “multiple” vaccines by the end of next year to help stop the pandemic. . .
Cook said the EU regulator could approve the first new coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and German Biotech after a “special meeting” on December 29. The second vaccine is manufactured by Modena in the United States and may be approved on January 12 of next year.
But Cook mentioned that these approvals are for emergency use, which he said is generally used for “unlicensed” vaccines for temporary use.
Cook said it’s still an open question how long the vaccine can provide immunity, but he hopes the vaccine will eventually help slow the spread of the virus.
The report noted that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on the 8th the first scientific evaluation of Pfizer’s new corona vaccine, confirming that the vaccine will provide robust protection, thus creating the vaccination campaign. largest government-approved in US history Conditions.
The report noted that after scientists gave the test results, the agency will meet Thursday to discuss whether the existing evidence is sufficient to recommend that millions of Americans be vaccinated. The FDA can make a final decision in a few days, and the first round of injections will follow. The first to be vaccinated are expected to be medical staff and nursing home residents.
