[국제]After Biden took office, 50 million vaccinations…”Mid-March spread reenactment”

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In the United States, an event was held at the White House to mark 50 million vaccinations by the Joe Biden administration.

White House advisory committee member Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, warned that the spread of the mutation could be reenacted in mid-March.

Let’s connect Washington and learn more. Correspondent Taewook Kang!

President Biden said he would get 100 million doses of the vaccine within 100 days of taking office.

You said you held a 50 million dose vaccination event today?

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President Biden took office on the 20th of last month.

The time here is the 25th, and it is the 37th day after taking office.

Since taking office, 50 million doses of vaccination have been achieved.

To commemorate this, a commemorative event was held at the White House.

In the United States, there have been 66 million doses of vaccination so far, 45 million people vaccinated once and 20 million people received both doses.

Recently, large-scale vaccination centers are being expanded in major cities.

At this rate, more than 100 million doses of vaccinations will be sufficient before the 100 days of inauguration.

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine will also be distributed next week, right?

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Weather conditions last week disrupted the vaccine supply.

Since this week, the supply of vaccines has been normalizing again.

From next week, as you mentioned, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine will be available, which only requires one shot.

In that case, the vaccination situation in the United States will be much faster.

An FDA advisory meeting to review the emergency use approval is scheduled for tomorrow, and distribution will begin next week as soon as the CDC concludes around the 28th, as early as Sunday.

About 4 million batches could be distributed once, the White House response team explained.

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We looked at the vaccine situation in the United States.

But you said there are signs of re-proliferation due to the mutant virus?

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Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, has warned several times about the re-proliferation of the mutant virus.

It was predicted that the spread of Corona 19 could be rekindled in mid-March.

Mr. Osterholm said he is seeing a doubling from the UK every ten days.

He said he was worried about the third week of March considering the time when the mutations spread.

They also suggested that the goal should be to delay the second shot and get the first shot in order to provide a vaccine barrier to more people.

YTN Taewook Kang in Washington[[email protected]]is.

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