Rochelle Wallensky CDC Director–
Although the Biden administration made it a priority to expand the supply of a new coronavirus infectious disease (Corona 19) vaccine as a top priority in the state administration, a high-ranking health official said that it is having difficulties due to the lack of relevant information such as the amount to be secured.
According to CNBC broadcast on the 24th (local time), Rochelle Wallensky, director of the CDC (Disease Control and Prevention Center), appeared on Fox News, and there is no information on the amount of vaccines secured, and New York and other states quickly made up for the limited supply. Said it would be difficult.
“The biggest problem is that we cannot explain to the Governor and state health officials information about the amount of vaccines available.”
His remarks can also be interpreted to mean that he has not received adequate vaccine-related information from the former Trump administration.
Earlier on the 21st, CNN broadcast cited a source that the Biden administration inherited a plan to distribute the corona19 vaccine, which is nothing like this, from the Trump administration, which poses a significant challenge to the new administration.
Regarding the possibility of realizing President Biden’s pledge to inoculate 100 million doses of vaccine within 100 days of taking office, he said, “Supply will be a limiting factor in the beginning,” and “I expect production to increase during this period.”
Regarding this pledge, White House Secretary Ron Klein said on NBC that “a bold and ambitious plan,” he said. “This isn’t the final goal, it’s a measure of how we’re responding, so we’ll keep trying.”
The Biden administration announced last week that it will increase production and vaccination sites to expand vaccination while releasing a comprehensive COVID-19 response plan.
Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. counted the cumulative number of corona19 confirmed cases in the U.S. on that day to 25,3,695 and the cumulative death toll at 41,538, respectively.
According to the Bloomberg news report, 1 million doses of vaccination are given a day. CDC announced that as of the 20th, a total of 20.5 million doses of the vaccine were received.
Meanwhile, Americans are generally skeptical about whether vaccinations are working properly.
In a survey conducted by NBC Broadcasting, 55% of respondents responded negatively, and 64% of them said the federal government was responsible.
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