Alix A. Secretary of Health and Human Services. AFP=Yonhap News
– US Minister of Health and Welfare Alix Aza said on the 14th (local time) that “the public will be able to vaccinate at the end of February.”
Minister Aza appeared on NBC on the same day and said, “100 million of Modena and Pfizer vaccines are available until the end of February.”
“If we approve the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines in January, we could get a significant additional supply,” he added.
“By the end of February and March, people will see more like the flu vaccination campaigns at CVS, Kroger, Walgreen and Walmart,” he said.
He explained, “By the end of this month, 20 million people can be vaccinated, and by the end of January, 50 million people can be vaccinated.”
Priority quantities of Pfizer-Bioentech vaccines, which were approved for emergency use by the US government for the first time, were distributed throughout the country on the same day. On the morning of this morning, a COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and Bioentech at a hospital in Queens, New York was administered to an intensive care unit nurse for the first time.
Minister Aiza said, “Today is a very historical day. I hope we can see the light at the end of this terrible pandemic,” he said. He said, “It is a vaccine that is 94% effective. We passed all aspects of the FDA process with complete and transparent data. “Vaccination is recommended and if it is available, get it. Protect yourself and your surroundings, and get the vaccine.”
Reporter Han Young-hye [email protected]
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