[국제]US vaccination too slow… “Contemplating plans to expand initial vaccination”

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Corona 19 vaccination has begun in the United States, but the speed at which the vaccination is done is slowing enough to meet the government’s original goal.

For this reason, the U.S. government is considering expanding the number of vaccinations using the vaccine reserved for the second vaccination.

This is a report from Washington correspondent Taewook Kang.

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It is a complex that is used as a vaccination site in Florida, USA.

Those who sit in a simple chair and wait for their turn will never know the end.

The vaccination location and skilled medical personnel are limited, so the vaccination is not speedy.

As a result, it is impossible to inoculate 20 million people by the end of the year, originally targeted by the US government.

By the end of 2020, the number of vaccinations did not reach 3 million.

President-elect Joe Biden also pointed out this and stressed that he would speed it up as soon as he took office.

[조 바이든 / 미국 대통령 당선인(지난 29일) : 지금까지 접종을 시행하고 있는 속도로는 몇백만 명에 불과합니다. 지금 같은 속도로 백신 접종이 이뤄진다면 미국인들이 백신 접종은 몇 달이 아니라 몇 년이 걸릴 것입니다.]

NBC broadcasted an analysis that it would take almost 10 years at the current rate when the vaccination rate required for group immunization is 80%.

As a result, the U.S. government began to think about expanding initial vaccinations.

This is a plan to give other people the vaccine for the second vaccination that has been reserved as the first vaccination.

[앤서니 파우치 / 美 국립알레르기·전염병연구소장 : 하지만 첫 번째 접종에서 더 많은 사람에게 백신을 접종함으로써 초기 접종을 확산시킬지 많은 논의가 있습니다.]

For proper immunity, the Pfizer vaccine should be administered 21 days after the first vaccination and the Modena vaccine should be administered 28 days after the second vaccination.

As such, it seems that the key will be whether or not the amount of water can be supplied at the time of the second vaccination.

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

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