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“The United States today reached a preliminary but crucial milestone. Local authorities have already reported that more than a million people have received their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine, “said Robert Redfield, after three million doses were administered last week.
However, according to the advisor to the government’s immunization program, Moncef Slaoui, the goal of vaccinating 20 million people before the end of the year “will probably not be achieved,” he stressed today in statements to the press.
The United States aims to immunize 100 million people by the end of the first quarter of 2021, and another 100 million before the end of the second quarter, Slaoui added.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the main federal public health agency in the United States, called on Americans to continue to comply with the rules of social distance and the use of masks. until the whole country is vaccinated.
Two covid-19 vaccines, from Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna, have already been approved for distribution by the United States health authorities, which began their vaccination campaign on December 14.
The Pentagon announced an order for an additional 100 million doses from Pfizer / BioNTech on Tuesday, bringing the total order to 400 million doses, half from Pfizer and half from Moderna.
This order will immunize 200 million people in the United States, and these two vaccines require two injections, one month apart.
Anthony Fauci, one of the most respected figures in the United States in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, said today that if the vaccination operation of the population goes well, the country could achieve an immunity level of 70 to 80% the next summer.
