[국제]US CDC also recommends J&J vaccine…”High school student vaccination around fall”

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The Johnson & Jones vaccine was approved for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration and the FDA, followed by recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CDC advisory body, allowing the United States to operate three vaccines.

Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the United States, predicted that high school students could get the vaccine this fall and elementary school students could get the vaccine as early as the end of this year.

This is a report from Washington correspondent Taewook Kang.

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine that received emergency approval from the FDA on the 27th.

The CDC advisory body also unanimously recommended vaccination.

Accordingly, the distribution of the vaccine is expected to begin on Monday.

The first release is 4 million batches, and 20 million batches are planned to be supplied by the end of March.

[제프리 자이언츠 / 백악관 대응팀 조정관 : 6월 말까지 계약으로 필요한 1억 회분 전량을 배송하는 속도와 기간을 단축하기 위해 회사와 협의하고 있습니다.]

In particular, it is completed with a single vaccination and is easy to store, so it can reach rural and mountainous areas.

However, in clinical trials, the negative perception spread over those that are less effective than Pfizer, modder, or vaccines is an obstacle.

In the midst of this, Pouch predicted that elementary school students could get the vaccine as soon as possible by the end of this year.

High school students expected the fall semester earlier.

[앤서니 파우치 / 미국 국립알레르기·전염병연구소 소장 : 하지만 고등학생들은 이번 가을쯤이 될 것 같습니다. 정확히 개학 첫날이라고는 할 수 없지만 거의 비슷합니다.]

This outlook came amid growing debate over how much vaccination teachers and students should be given to resume face-to-face classes.

In particular, there is not a lot of resistance from teachers to face-to-face classes without vaccination.

As a result, President Joe Biden’s promise to attend school within a hundred days of inauguration will not be easy given the vaccination of children.

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

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