[국제]US health minister “approves vaccine within days”…Canada also approves

[앵커]

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alix Aza says Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine could be approved by health authorities within days.

Delivery will be delivered as soon as FDA approval is issued, and vaccinations are expected to begin as early as next week.

Canada has also approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine.

This is a report from Washington correspondent Taewook Kang.

[기자]

Minister Aza said the Food and Drug Administration and the FDA could approve the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine within days.

He then stressed that once approval was granted, the vaccine would be delivered to whatever the governors said.

He explained that the first targets will be health care workers and nursing home residents.

It has confirmed that 20 million people will be vaccinated by the end of this year and 50 million by the end of January.

[앨릭스 에이자 / 미국 보건복지부 장관 : 올해 말까지 2천만 명의 미국인이 접종하고, 1월 말까지 모두 5천만 명, 그리고 1/4분기 말까지는 최소 1억 명 이상이 접종할 수 있는 충분한 접종분량을 확보할 것으로 기대하고 있습니다.]

He added, however, that the vaccine will be available to the general public around February-March next year, and that the governors will prioritize.

The U.S. government’s high-speed operations team first started shipping the medical tools needed to rush the vaccination.

It also stated that the vaccine was ready to be shipped within 24 hours after approval.

[구스타프 페르나 / 최고운영책임자 : 구체적인 계획과 배포에 대한 비상 사용 승인이 이뤄지자마자 시작할 것입니다. 24시간 이내에 관할구역에 배포를 시작할 것입니다.]

Among these, Canada also approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for the third time after the UK and Bahrain.

The Canadian government plans to start delivery next week, starting with the vulnerable, including residents and employees of long-term care facilities.

YTN Taewook Kang in Washington[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

– .