[국제]American Vaccination Too Slow … “Plans Considered to Expand Initial Vaccination”

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Corona 19 vaccination has begun in the United States, but the rate at which vaccination is performed is slowing down enough to meet the original government goal.

For this reason, the US government is considering expanding the number of vaccines with the vaccine reserved for the second vaccine.

This is a report from the Washington correspondent, Taewook Kang.

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It is a complex used as a vaccination site in Florida, USA.

Those who sit in a simple chair and wait their turn will never know the end.

The vaccination site and qualified medical personnel are limited, so vaccination is not quick.

As a result, it is impossible to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of the year, the original goal of the United States government.

By the last day of 2020, the number of vaccinations did not reach 3 million.

President-elect Joe Biden also pointed this out, emphasizing that he would speed it up as soon as he took office.

[조 바이든 / 미국 대통령 당선인(지난 29일) : 지금까지 접종을 시행하고 있는 속도로는 몇백만 명에 불과합니다. 지금 같은 속도로 백신 접종이 이뤄진다면 미국인들이 백신 접종은 몇 달이 아니라 몇 년이 걸릴 것입니다.]

NBC aired an analysis that it would take nearly 10 years at the current rate when the required vaccination rate for group immunization is 80%.

As a result, the US government began thinking about expanding the initial vaccines.

This is a plan to give other people the vaccine for the second vaccine that has been reserved as the first vaccine.

[앤서니 파우치 / 美 국립알레르기·전염병연구소장 : 하지만 첫 번째 접종에서 더 많은 사람에게 백신을 접종함으로써 초기 접종을 확산시킬지 많은 논의가 있습니다.]

To achieve adequate immunity, the Pfizer vaccine must be administered 21 days after the first vaccination and the Modena vaccine must be administered 28 days after the second vaccination.

As such, it appears that the key will be whether or not the amount of water can be delivered at the time of the second vaccination.

YTN Kang Tae-wook from Washington[[email protected]]is.

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