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US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would have enough new coronavirus vaccine to inoculate all adults by the end of May, and said the United States had normalized “by this time next year.” He said he was expecting it. Merck & Co., a US pharmaceutical company, has confirmed that it has agreed to support the production of a new single-dose corona vaccine developed by its peer Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
White House spokesman Saki announced today that next week’s shipment of the new coronavirus to the state will be 15.2 million, up from 14.5 million this week. The federal government also revealed that 2.8 million J&J vaccines had been shipped to the state.
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would have enough new coronavirus vaccine to inoculate all adults by the end of May.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state prime ministers are expected to agree to extend most of the lockdown until March 28, although some restrictions will be relaxed. Bloomberg News has confirmed the draft of the proposal.
Italy’s new Draghi administration may soon seek additional economic measures from Congress. The inoculation of the new corona vaccine has not progressed and the situation of financial dependence continues as the infection of mutant strains spreads.
The Italian government is likely to seek approval to expand the budget deficit due to the worsening outlook for the new crown.
In the Czech Republic, the number of new seriously ill hospitalized crowns was the highest in history.
In Asia, the number of registered vaccines increased after Indian Prime Minister Modi was vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese CDC) has set a goal of increasing the vaccination rate from the current 3.5% to 40% by the end of June.
Johns Hopkins and Bloomberg UniversityAccording to aggregate data, the number of infected people worldwide has exceeded 114.6 million and the death toll has exceeded 2.54 million.Vaccination has exceeded 245 million times worldwide.
Governor Abbott of Texas has lifted measures such as the use of masks as the number of new corona patients admitted to the state declines and the infection rate declines. San Francisco Mayor Bleed said he would allow restricted access to in-store restaurants, movie theaters and gyms. New York City Mayor De Blasio said that if all goes well, five million people will be vaccinated in June.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) of the European Union (EU) has announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) will make recommendations on the approval of J&J vaccines on the 11th of this month.
Merck is preparing for additional clinical trials of the new corona treatment “MK-7110”. A phase 3 study has already been done, but the results weren’t enough to make a decision for the US Food and Drug Administration.
Original title:Back to normal in a year, says Biden; Texas Opens: Virus Update （抜 粋）
Merck prepares a new trial of the Covid drug obtained in the acquisition (1) （抜 粋）
