Vaccines remain, so even… Israeli grandmother ‘5 overdose’

On the 10th (local time), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yuly Edelstein, Minister of Health, ran to Ben Gurion Airport. An additional 700,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine (350,000 people) arrived and greeted them.

According to our World Inn data, Israel is the world’s No. 1 inoculation rate with 37.7% of its population (about 8.6 million). Vaccination began on the 20th of last month (local time), and as of the 21st, the number of vaccinations exceeded 3 million. Israel pre-purchased a total of 8 million doses (for 4 million people) of the Pfizer vaccine, and all shipments are expected to arrive within March. Israel plans to inoculate 6 million doses of the modder or vaccine it has purchased, and to complete the vaccination for the entire population by the end of March.

Pfizer vaccine is expected to arrive in Korea earlier than expected. The quarantine authorities announced that 50,000 Pfizer vaccines could be delivered early next month through’CoVax Facility’, a multinational vaccine supply alliance. However, there are concerns that the amount of introduction is so small that it may be insufficient to meet all the medical staff. Korea signed a contract with Pfizer for 20 million vaccines (for 10 million people), but it is expected to be introduced in the third quarter.

On the other hand, Israel succeeded in securing early shipments by mobilizing the intelligence agency Mossad, and as the volume is large, unexpected things are happening. According to Times of Israel on the 21st (local time), cases of accidental vaccine’overdosing’ have occurred one after another. A woman in her 70s was given 5 doses of Pfizer vaccine. Also, a man in his 40s received two doses of vaccine at once. In addition, 3 cases of overdose occurred.

The specific situation in which the vaccine was overdose has not been reported. The Times of Israel reported no adverse reactions to those who received more than the dose of the vaccine.

Unlike Israel, some European countries and the United States are struggling with vaccination due to a shortage of Pfizer vaccines. Reuters reported on the 21st that Pfizer cut the amount of vaccines it was supposed to go to some European countries this week by half from the original plan.

Recently, Pfizer began work on expanding facilities at a Belgian plant that supplies vaccines to European countries. In order to increase the production of vaccines in the future, it is the position that the supply of vaccines must be temporarily reduced.

Romania has received only half of its planned volume this week, and the other half is expected to be received in small increments by the end of March. Poland also received 176,000 servings, half less than expected on the 18th. Italy even hinted at the possibility of legal action when Pfizer said it would drastically reduce its vaccine supply.

In a statement on the 20th, Domenico Arcuri, chairman of the Corona 19 Emergency Response Committee under the Italian government, said in a statement on the 20th that “there is consensus on legal litigation within the government.”

According to him, the supply of Pfizer vaccines to Italy is expected to decline by 30% this week, followed by 20% next week. As a result, the overall vaccination rate in Italy has slowed significantly. Since the 16th, the number of vaccinations per day has averaged between 20,000 and 30,000, which is only one-third of the time when supply was normal. On the 20th, the number of inoculations dropped to the 7500 range.

In New York, USA, vaccination was stopped due to a lack of vaccine supplies. The 15 vaccination stations under the New York Department of Health are temporarily closed from the 21st to the 24th. New York Mayor Bill de Blazio said on the 20th, “The vaccine supply cannot meet the demand, so the local health department’s vaccination centers will be temporarily closed.” I didn’t get it.” Vermont, Michigan, South Carolina, New Jersey, and Oregon are also showing signs of a vaccine shortage.

Meanwhile, Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that he suffered mild symptoms after receiving the second dose of the Corona 19 vaccine. He said at a White House briefing on the 21st, “The fatigue and pain lasted for 24 hours, and now it’s okay.”

Director Pouch gave Modena vaccine to the public on the 22nd and 19th of last month. Mild symptoms are consistent with what vaccine manufacturers have reported in clinical trials and are a sign that the body has developed an immune response to the vaccination, Bloomberg reported.

In addition, in the United States, Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 74, who is famous for the movie’Terminator’ series, is attracting attention by encouraging vaccination after getting the Corona 19 vaccine. On the 21st, he announced on his Twitter that he was vaccinated through a drive-through method. “Today was a good day,” he wrote on Twitter, who also served as governor of California. “I was very happy to wait in line for the vaccination.”

Meanwhile, in the movie’Terminator 2: The Day of Judgment’ (1991), he wrote a quote from a famous line he made. “Come with me if you want to live!” It was a witty encouragement of people to get vaccinations.

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