[국제]U.S. vaccine shortage emergency…India starts large-scale vaccination

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With 10 million people vaccinated, the United States is speeding up its vaccinations, but the supply chain is disrupted and vaccine shortages are occurring everywhere.

In particular, governors are outraged as the government has said it will release its stockpiles, but it turns out that stocks have already run out.

A large-scale vaccination has begun in India, a country with a population of 300 million people.

Reporter Yeojin Lee reports.

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In response to criticism that vaccination is slow while the number of deaths is increasing, the US government said on the 12th that it will hurry to supply the amount of secondary vaccination it is stockpiling.

[앨릭스 에이자 /美 보건복지부 장관 (지난 12일) : 2차 접종 물량으로 백신을 비축하지 않고 주 정부별로 필요한 백신 물량을 주문받아 전량을 공급하기로 했습니다.]

But when the vaccine stocks turned out to be running out, governors raged about being tricked by the Trump administration.

Wisconsin’s governor says he feels face-to-face insult for the government’s saying it will release stockpiles while stocks are already running out.

[토니 에버스 / 위스콘신 주지사 : 위스콘신 주민들이 한 방 맞은 거나 다름없죠. 왜 정확하지 않다는 걸 알면서 그런 약속을 하는지 솔직히 모르겠습니다.]

The governor of Oregon, who believed in the government’s promises and promised to expand the number of people to be vaccinated, was also angry.

[케이트 브라운 / 오리건 주지사 : 분명히 말씀드리는데요, 이건 국가 단위의 사기입니다.]

New York, the most densely populated area, is likely to run out of vaccines.

In fact, New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital canceled the scheduled vaccinations, and other medical institutions are holding new vaccinations.

Meanwhile, the CDC of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added concerns by warning that “a variant from the UK could occupy the US in March.”

Large-scale vaccinations have begun in India, the second largest number of confirmed cases after the United States.

The number of priority vaccination targets, including medical staff and over 50s, reaches 300 million.

This is YTN Lee Yeo-jin.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]