[국제]Public vaccinations such as pouch…”Extreme confidence”

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Following Pfizer’s vaccination in the United States, Modena’s vaccination has also begun.

He said he feels extremely confident about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

Let’s connect Washington and learn more. Correspondent Taewook Kang!

Yesterday, Biden-elect was a public vaccination, and today, Director Pouch gave a public vaccination.

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Pouch, one of the top authorities in the U.S. response to Corona 19, was publicly given the vaccine at the National Institutes of Health Medical Center in Maryland.

Unlike Biden-elect, who received the Pfizer vaccine, it was developed by Modena, whose vaccination began yesterday.

The public event was accompanied by senior health officials such as Alix Aza, Minister of Health and Welfare, and Chief of National Institute of Health Francis Collins.

The vaccination event was broadcast in real time through the Internet.

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Senior health officials have been vaccinated so openly to inform them that the vaccine is safe?

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The owner of the pouch revealed the reason.

It is also because of meeting some patients at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, but also to send a message to the nation that they feel confident about the vaccine, he explained.

“I feel extremely confident about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine,” said Pouch, the culmination of years of research.

He also stressed that the vaccine could protect the country and that the pandemic would be ended through vaccination.

Health Minister Aiza also said, “It is a miracle to have a safe and effective vaccine within a year of COVID-19 becoming known to the world.”

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What is the situation of the COVID-19 variant from the UK? There is a diagnosis that there is a possibility of influx in the US?

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CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explained that out of the 17 million cases of COVID-19 infection in the United States, only 50,000, or 0.3%, had undergone genetic analysis.

Considering the fact that only a few have gone through the analysis process, we thought that the mutant virus could not be found, but could already be in the United States.

He also explained that the virus is widespread among infected people in the UK, and the possibility of the influx is increasing given the people traveling between the UK and the US.

Pouch manager also appeared on ABC broadcast, saying that it is certain that the COVID-19 mutant virus is already present in the United States.

As a result, CDC and state and local health authorities have undertaken ongoing surveillance and research on the virus spreading in the United States to quickly detect any change.

YTN Kang Tae-wook in Washington[[email protected]]is.

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