In the U.S., on average, 1.3 million people a day get the Corona 19 vaccine. If this is the case, as President Biden’s pledge, ‘100 million people can be vaccinated’ within 100 days of inauguration.
Correspondent Pil-gyu Kim visited the site of a large-scale inoculation center.
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Tents are set up and barricades and safety cones are placed in rows.
With up to 6,000 vaccinations per day, it is the largest COVID-19 vaccination site in Maryland, USA.
Because hundreds of inoculations can be crowded a day, we rented a large parking lot in an amusement park to set up an inoculation center.
The National Defense Force was put into the vaccination work and maintenance of order, and the know-how of operating a’drive-through’ inspection station was used to minimize waiting time.
When it’s your turn like this, you can check your identity and do the vaccination yourself without getting off the car.
Last week, a large inoculation center was set up at Yankee Stadium in New York.
After the Super Bowl, the football league office also decided to provide stadiums across the country.
[안토니오 소토/뉴욕 브롱크스 교사 : 일단 접종 예약을 하고 나니 다 잘 됐어요. 모든 게 아름답네요. 양키스타디움과 직원들 모두 잘했습니다.]
The Biden government said it would inoculate all 100 million people by the 100th day of inauguration.
Only within this month, 100 new mass inoculation sites will be opened.
However, vaccine supply is still a problem.
[데니스 슈래더/미국 메릴랜드주 보건장관 대행 : 지금은 전국적으로 백신 공급이 제한적이지만, (지금 튼튼한 인프라를 갖춤으로써) 국가적 공급망이 제대로 작동할 때 백신을 잘 접종할 수 있게 될 겁니다.]
In the meantime, the US Food and Drug Administration will decide whether to approve the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the end of this month.