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The New York Times (NYT) reported that the number of Corona 19 deaths in the United States surpassed 300,000 as a result of its own tally this afternoon. In the United States, the first patient was officially reported on January 20 and the death toll on May 27 surpassed 100,000. After that, the death toll reached 300,000 in four months and the death toll reached 300,000 in three months, the newspaper reported.
Meanwhile, according to the CNN broadcast, the first vaccination began around 9:22 a.m. on the day at the Juicy Medical Center on Long Island, New York. The first vaccine was Sandra Lindsay, a black nurse who works in the intensive care unit, which is the first line of COVID-19 treatment.
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| Sandra Lindsay, a nurse in the intensive care unit at Juicy Medical Center in Long Island, New York, will receive the first injection of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on the 14th (local time). [사진=로이터 뉴스핌] |
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a video at the first vaccination event: “We have decided to prioritize vaccination for healthcare workers who have fought Corona 19 even on holidays.” He said, “The light at the end of the long, long Corona 19 tunnel is beginning to show.”
US President Donald Trump also tweeted that day: “The first vaccine was administered. Congratulations to the United States! Congratulations to the world!”
Previously, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the emergency use of the Corona 19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer with German Bio & Tech on day 11.
‘Operation Ultrafast’, which was responsible for distributing vaccines in the US, launched an emergency vaccine delivery operation last weekend and has already been delivered to 145 delivery destinations. An additional vaccine will be distributed to 491 sites 15-16. The volume of the first vaccine distributed this time is the volume of 3 million vaccines.
The US government plans to distribute 20 million doses of Corona 19 vaccine by the end of this month to complete vaccination and set a goal of inoculating 100 million people by March of next year.
