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Thursday, December 24, 2020
“Important milestone reached”
More than a million US citizens vaccinated against Covid-19
The first vaccination against the coronavirus was given in the United States ten days ago. Now more than a million people have received the first dose, according to the health authority. However, a major mark could not be achieved.
According to health authorities, more than a million people in the US have already been vaccinated against Covid-19. “The United States reached an early but important milestone today,” CDC Health Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday. “More than a million people received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.”
Government adviser Moncef Slaoui admitted in a virtual press conference that it was “unlikely” that the originally set goal of vaccinating 20 million people in the United States by year-end would be achieved. However, the medium-term goal of vaccinating 100 million people by the end of the first quarter remains.
Meanwhile, renowned virologist Anthony Fauci said that much of the American population could be immunized against the corona virus in the summer. He assumed that “70 to 85 percent” of the population could get vaccinated in late summer, he told the WebMD website. “When that happens, there will be a protective screen across the country.”
The United States had started its vaccination campaign ten days ago with the Biontech and Pfizer vaccine. On Monday, the vaccine from the American company Moderna was vaccinated for the first time after its approval. In the United States, it is primarily healthcare workers and nursing home and nursing home residents who get vaccinated first.
In front of the camera, the future president of the United States, Joe Biden, had been vaccinated on Monday. The United States is the country in the world most affected by the corona pandemic. More than 324,000 people in the United States have died from complications of corona infection. Experts believe that the Covid-19 lung disease caused by the virus will be the third leading cause of death in the United States this year, after heart disease and cancer.
