Biden, who is about to take office, has announced that he will vaccinate 100 million people within 100 days.
In order to speed up vaccination, large-scale vaccine centers are being built throughout the community. Correspondent Jong-won Kim visited the vaccine center in Manhattan, New York.
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This is a large convention center the size of 25 soccer fields in Manhattan, New York, with a large-scale corona vaccine inoculation center.
National Guards and police are all over the place, and it’s easy to see elderly people aged 65 and over coming here to get the vaccine, even though it’s quite late in the evening.
[존/뉴욕 주민 : (백신을 맞아서) 매우 신이 납니다. 왜냐하면 지난 몇 달간 너무 무서웠기 때문이에요. 마치 감옥에 있는 것 같았거든요.]
[로리/뉴욕 주민 : 이런 식의 백신 접종시설을 훨씬 더 잘, 훨씬 더 빨리 조직할 수 있었다고 봐요. 하지만 그러지 않았죠. 그래서 저는 좌절감을 크게 느꼈었어요.]
You don’t have to line up outside because you have to make a reservation in advance, but if you go to the New York State Health Center website, you can see that the reservations for three months are already full by mid-April.
As a result, there are many people who come without an appointment to see if there is any vaccine left.
[샤마/뉴욕 주민 : 접종 예약을 하기가 너무 어려워요. 어떤 사람이 그냥 찾아가 보면 남는 백신을 놔줄 수 있다고 얘기해줬어요. 그래서 왔는데, 안에 있는 사람이 오늘은 남는 게 없다고 그냥 돌아가라고 하네요.]
Biden said he would set up a vaccine center in each community to speed up vaccination.
[바이든/미 대통령 당선인 : 우리 목표는 취임 후 100일 이내에 1억 명에게 백신을 접종하는 겁니다. 더 많은 사람에게 공짜로 백신을 놔주고, 더 많은 백신 접종 장소를 만들 겁니다.]
It also said it would sign an administrative order mandating the wearing of masks in public facilities.
The US government has announced that it will speed up vaccination by releasing strategic reserves, but there are also situations where vaccinations are delayed or canceled due to lack of vaccines.
(Video coverage: Lee Sang-wook, video editing: Jeong Seong-hun)
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