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US distributes the Corona 19 vaccine as soon as possible, an analysis has shown that the number of Corona 19 deaths will reach 520,000 by April next year.
As the number of corona19 deaths soared, coronavirus was ranked as the number one cause of death in Americans this week.
This is Kim Yoon-soo, a correspondent from Washington.
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So far, there have been 277,000 people who have died from Corona 19 in the United States, and a research team at the University of Washington in the United States analyzed that the death toll will increase to 538,000 by April 1, next year.
If analyzed under the condition of the rapid release of the Corona 19 vaccine, the number of deaths is expected to decrease by 11,000 to 527,000.
It is said that the vaccine will not significantly reduce the number of deaths, but according to this analysis, the additional deaths of Corona 19 alone will reach 250,000 over the next four months.
However, the researchers emphasized that the death toll could be reduced by 66,000 if mandatory to wear a mask, and that wearing a mask is a much more effective quarantine measure than a vaccine.
Earlier, Biden-elect announced the policy of wearing a mask for the entire nation for 100 days.
[Biden/US President-elect: On the first day of my inauguration, I will appeal to the people to wear masks for 100 days.
Not forever, but only for 100 days.] As the
entire United States was hit directly by the third coronavirus pandemic, the coronavirus was also ranked as the number one cause of death in the United States this week.
The number of deaths from Corona 19 this week was 11,820, far ahead of those of heart disease, lung cancer and stroke.