Stored 1600 doses of Modena vaccine Hospital freezer malfunction
In the United States, hundreds of people ran to hospitals in the middle of the night to get the vaccine. Instead of sleeping like this, he jumped out in pajamas.
What’s the story, this is the Washington correspondent Lim Jong-ju.
[기자]
This is a hospital in Seattle, Washington, Western USA.
Suddenly people start to rush in a dark night.
The old couple ran out in pajamas.
[미국 시애틀 주민 : 자고 있었는데 ‘엄마 빨리, 예약이 새벽 1시예요.’라고 해서 옷 입을 시간도 없었습니다.]
Some residents ran out while washing the dishes.
[미국 시애틀 주민 : 제 아내가 ‘뉴스 봤어요?’ 소리치며 계단을 내려왔어요. 저는 설거지하느라 몰랐습니다.]
The commotion started when the vaccine freezer broke down.
There was a modder or vaccine in it that could fit 1,600 people.
If I couldn’t use it by 5:30 the next morning, I had to throw it all away.
I went to a nearby hospital and got an emergency while trying to find someone to be vaccinated.
[케빈 브룩스/미국 시애틀 병원 관계자 : 자원봉사자 150여 명과 의료진, 지역 사회가 힘을 모았습니다.]
Fortunately, in just a few hours, the vaccination was done without wasting a drop.
[미국 시애틀 주민 : 우후! 이 밤중에 여기 온 것은 정말 중요했습니다.]
Vaccines have been distributed in the United States so far, in 49 million doses.
However, the actual vaccination was done at just over half that level.
It is not clear where the other vaccines that can be given more than 20 million times are actually located and when they will be available.
(Video Design: Lee Jeong-hoe)