“It’s OK to vaccinate Americans over 16″… If the CDC approves the recommendation, it will become possible
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(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Seong-ho Jeong = The Vaccination Advisory Committee (ACIP), an advisory body of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced on the 12th (local time) to use a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine from pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Advised.
ACIP held a meeting and voted to recommend that Americans over the age of 16 inoculate the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and Bioentech, Bloomberg News and CNN reported.
The ACIP voted ’11 to 0’and decided that the vaccine was appropriate for the general public in the United States. Three of the advisors abstained from voting because of a conflict of interest.
ACIP also recommended that people who have had hypersensitivity or allergic reactions should be monitored for 30 minutes after vaccination by a doctor or nurse. It was recommended that pregnant women, nursing women, and those with impaired immune systems decide whether to get the vaccine themselves.
“We voted in favor of this vaccine because of the clear evidence in the record of efficacy and safety, as well as its benefits and risks,” said Peter Silage, a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of its advisors. .
ACIP’s vaccination recommendations are a process that must be followed in order for newly developed vaccines to be vaccinated in people. If CDC Director Robert Redfield accepts this recommendation and officially approves the use of the vaccine, then the vaccine can actually be shot into people’s arms.
CNN reported that Redfield is expected to approve the ACIP’s recommendations within a few hours.
Prior to this, another government agency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), issued an emergency use approval (EUA) for Pfizer’s Corona 19 vaccine on the 11th the previous day. The CDC may decide whether to recommend the use of the vaccine after FDA has approved it for emergency use.
If the CDC finally approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine during this day, it is expected that the vaccine will begin as early as the 14th in the United States.
Army General Gustav Ferna, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S. administration’s Corona 19 vaccine development program “Ultra-Rapid Operations,” announced today that Pfizer’s Corona 19 vaccine will begin arriving at 145 delivery destinations across the U.S. from the morning of Monday 14th. .
The CDC previously recommended that health authorities make vaccination a priority for health care workers and long-term care facility residents and staff.
Accordingly, Reuters predicted that hospitals are expected to start urgent vaccinations to employees from the 14th as early as the region.
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