At Pfizer’s factory in Portage, Michigan, on the 13th (local time), employees are loading a box of Pfizer-Bio&Tech’s novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine into a shipping container. The 2.9 million copies of the Corona 19 vaccine will be distributed throughout the United States by the 16th, and the first vaccination is expected to be made on the 14th as soon as possible. (Photo = Yonhap News)-Vaccination will begin on the 14th (local time) as early as the United States, where the spread of Corona 19 is the most severe in the world.
According to the Associated Press and Reuters on that day, following the approval of emergency use by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), the CDC (Disease Control and Prevention Center) accepted the vaccine use recommendation from the Vaccination Advisory Committee (ACIP), an advisory body, and vaccination. The administrative procedure for this has been completed.
Later, at Pfizer’s factory in Michigan, the vaccine shipment began while guarded by armed security personnel. Applause and cheers erupted as the first box was placed on the truck. The vaccine is expected to arrive at 363 locations nationwide within this week, starting with 145 sites on this day.
Because this vaccine must be kept below -70 degrees Celsius, specially-made containers including tuna containers and dry ice were mobilized for transportation.
Hospitals across the United States have also started preparing for vaccinations.
The first distributed vaccine was 2.9 million doses, and medical staff and long-term care facility residents were the first to receive the vaccine. The US government expects 40 million doses of vaccine to be delivered within this month. It is expected that 100 million people, or 30% of the total population, will be vaccinated by March next year.
FDA Director Steve Han appeared on CNN the day before and said, “It is my hope that the vaccination will happen very quickly and tomorrow.”
Currently, the number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeds 16 million and the death toll is close to 300,000. Therefore, the US media reported that it was a’historic moment’, dealing with the news of vaccine delivery.
However, there is a homework left to resolve the distrust of the vaccine. In a poll of 1117 adult men and women in the U.S. on the 3rd to 7th by the Associated Press and Sisako University Public Opinion Research Center (NORC), 26% said they would not get the vaccine.
US President-elect Joe Biden also said, “The United States needs the leadership of the president now,” saying that he will actively respond to relieve anxiety about vaccines even before taking office.
Meanwhile, Kuwait approved the emergency use of Pfizer’s vaccine for the 7th time in the world, following the UK, Canada, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and the United States.
Bahrain, on the other hand, approved the use of the Corona 19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinoparm following the UAE (United Arab Emirates). However, the clinical trial was temporarily suspended due to the symptom that one participant could not move the arm in Peru.
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