US, over 100 million people who have been vaccinated even once… 1 out of 3 citizens
About 58 million people, or 17.5%, finished vaccination
Pouch manager “AstraZeneca vaccine may not be needed in the US”
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The number of people who received the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine at least once in the United States exceeded 100 million people on the 2nd (local time), CNN reported.
According to the vaccination statistics compiled by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the United States, the number of people who received the Corona 19 vaccine at least once by the morning of this morning was 11,84,762, or 30.7% of the population. Almost 1 in 3 people got the vaccination once.
In addition, the number of people who completed all vaccinations was 5,798,785, or 17.5% of the population.
When narrowed down and confined to 65 years of age or older, more than half of the population in this age group, 29.52,830 people (53.5%) completed vaccination.
In addition, the number of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the US federal government until this day was 2471 million,335 doses, of which 157.6 million 6,463 doses were actually inoculated.
In December of last year, when the first approved Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine in the United States began to be vaccinated for the first time, the vaccination rate was far below expectations, raising concerns, but it is gaining momentum.
In a tweet posted on the day, Dr. Cyrus Shafa, director of the White House’s Corona 19 data, said in a tweet that he received nearly 4 million doses of vaccine a day, and that the average daily dose for the last 7 days was close to the highest of 3 million doses.
President Joe Biden announced a goal of receiving 200 million doses of the vaccine by the 30th of this month, the 100th of taking office on the 25th of last month. This has doubled the goal of ‘100 million doses of vaccination by the 100th day of inauguration’.
The Washington Post (WP) said it is likely to achieve this goal if the current trend continues.
For this reason, there are also observations that the UK AstraZeneca Corona 19 vaccine may not be vaccinated in the United States. Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said in an interview with Reuters on the 1st that the US may not need the AstraZeneca Corona 19 vaccine.
“It hasn’t been decided yet,” said Pouch. “Even if the US health authorities approve the AstraZeneca vaccine, the general feeling is that the US may not need the vaccine.” Revealed.
AstraZeneca announced on the 25th of last month that it recently completed a phase 3 clinical trial in the United States with 30,000 people and showed 76% efficacy in preventing symptomatic infection.
“The United States has enough supply contracts with several other vaccine manufacturers to inoculate all populations without being supplied by AstraZeneca,” said Pouch. “(Contract amount) this fall additional vaccination (booster shot) I think it will be enough to do it,” he explained.
“Considering the current status of vaccinations in the United States and the supply of Johnson & Johnson, NovaVax, and Modena, it seems that we can cover the additional vaccinations we need if we contract them. Added.
/ Reporter Kihyuk Kim [email protected]
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