U.S. President Joe Biden announced the completion of vaccination for the new corovirus infection (Corona 19) in all U.S. adults by the end of May. It is optimistic, two months ahead of the previous target, the end of July. However, out of the 330 million Americans, only 8% of vaccinations are completed, and there are also states that are lifting the mandatory measures to wear masks and returning the level of quarantine to the situation before Corona 19.
American citizens line up in front of the COVID-19 vaccination center installed at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, New York on the 2nd. New York = Reuters Yonhap News
President Biden said in a speech at the White House on the supply of a vaccine for Corona 19 at the White House on the 2nd (local time), “by the end of May, we will be able to supply enough vaccines to all American adults.” After taking office in the first place, he proposed a goal of 100 million vaccinations for 100 days. It also professed that it is possible to secure 600 million doses (one dose) vaccine by the end of July. In addition, it announced a speed battle plan on the same day to increase the vaccine supply and vaccination rate to complete adult American vaccinations two months as soon as possible.
President Biden also initiated the Defense Product Act. Through this, two US pharmaceutical company Merck plants produced Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines. Merck is a large pharmaceutical company that announced its suspension in January while developing a vaccine for Corona 19. As in World War II, it means that it will bring in all the resources in the United States that can be mobilized and launch an offensive in quantity.
Corona 19 vaccine and syringe placed in front of the logo of Johnson & Johnson, USA. Reuters Yonhap News
The J&J vaccine only needs to be given once, unlike Pfizer, modder, or vaccines, which were first approved for urgent use in the United States. The J&J vaccine, which was finally approved on the 27th of last month, has been supplied throughout the United States from the 1st. The total supply of vaccines in the United States this week was 18 million doses, more than twice as high as at the time of President Biden’s inauguration in January (8.6 million doses).
President Biden also said in relation to the normalization of school attendance in US schools, “Even before all educators are vaccinated, schools can be reopened at the appropriate stage.” However, he said, “I want all educators, school staff, and daycare workers to be vaccinated at least once by the end of March.”
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on Corona 19 countermeasures in front of a portrait of former President Abraham Lincoln in the state dining room of the White House in Washington on the 2nd. Washington = AP Yonhap News
However, hastily measures to lift COVID-19 quarantine are also being followed. Following North Dakota, Montana, and Iowa, Texas also announced that it will return the mandatory mask requirement on the 10th. Customers from all businesses, including restaurants and theaters, have also removed the limit. Mississippi has also joined this trend.
With a population of 29 million, Texas is the second-largest state in the United States and is expected to have a large impact. The release of Corona 19 quarantine was led by Republican Governor Greg Abbott.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the hasty mitigation of quarantine was a problem, but the Republican-dominated state is not concerned about this. President Biden said, “Now is not the time for us to put down the shield. This fight is not over yet,” he appealed for the need to keep wearing a mask.
Washington= Jeong Won Correspondent [email protected]
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