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The Pfizer vaccine has been distributed in 4.62 million doses in the United States and this morning more than 610,000 people were vaccinated. Following vaccination by medical staff, vaccination of the elderly living in more than 1,300 long-term care facilities across the country began.
President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, received a Pfizer vaccine at a Delaware hospital that day. Biden-elect, 78 this year, was mentored by Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease Research, before taking office. He released the live vaccination scene that day. Biden said, “It’s to show a demonstration so people can prepare for when the vaccine becomes available,” he said. “There is nothing to worry about (side effects).”
Regarding the public vaccination of the next president, the US media said: “The first national vaccination campaign since the 1950s was started.” “We take great care of these people (medical personnel),” Biden said. “The Donald Trump administration deserves some praise for its ‘high-speed operation.'”
He said: “During the Christmas and New Year holidays, if possible, do not travel with a mask as the experts recommend.” Biden’s positive assessment of the Trump administration’s response to Corona 19 is the only point in the vaccine’s distribution.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris plans to vaccinate next week slightly behind the elected Biden, the transition committee explained. In the wake of the Corona 19 pandemic, Pouch, 79, who is recognized as the highest authority in the United States, plans to vaccinate Modena on the 22nd. This is because the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the that it belongs participated in the development and clinical trials of the Modena vaccines.
Along with Pouch, Health and Welfare Minister Alix Aza and NIH Director Frances Collins are expected to receive modder or vaccinations. Previously, key figures like Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Senate Representative Mitch McConnell (Republican) also completed the vaccines, but President Trump has yet to know the vaccination plans.
However, some voices are critical that the parliamentary leadership is getting the vaccine first, saying it will promote the safety of the vaccine. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (Republican Party) tweeted that day: “It’s ridiculous that Congress is rushing,” and Congressman Brian Maste (Republican Party) said, “We must stop seeing Congress as a special political class. He insisted.
Although the number of hospitalized patients due to Corona 19 exceeded 115,000 in the United States, US health authorities are in an encouraging state that modena vaccines are also available. Although the increase in the number of infected people cannot be stopped until early next year, the trend is expected to change after March. In particular, modena vaccines are relatively easy to store and distribute compared to Pfizer products that require cryogenic storage, so the vaccine can be distributed evenly in rural areas. The Modena vaccine is expected to be distributed in 6 million doses this week at 3,700 locations across the country.
Meanwhile, amid growing concern over a variant of the virus that has started to spread in the UK, German pharmaceutical company Bioentech is convinced that its jointly developed vaccine with Pfizer will be effective against the variant of the virus.
Ugur Shahin, CEO of Bioentech, said in an interview with German media on the same day: “Effective experiments were carried out in more than 20 variants.” However, it was noted that it would take approximately two weeks for further testing with the British variant of the virus. Shahin also said he is working on a way to produce more than the 1.3 billion batches originally planned for next year. On this day, the European Commission officially approved the use of the Pfizer and Bioentech vaccines.
Consequently, EU countries such as Germany and France will also start vaccination from day 27. According to Bloomberg, there are an estimated 2 million people in six countries who have been vaccinated by Pfizer in the world to date.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also said that the strain of virus spreading in the UK is not yet out of control, reports AFP.
The leader of the WHO emergency response team, Michael Ryan, told a video press conference that “even when a much higher contagion rate occurred during this pandemic, we control it” and “this situation is not out of the question. control”.
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