<Anchor> In the



UK, with vaccination starting yesterday (8th), the US, which has the largest number of corona patients and deaths in the world, has virtually approved the use of Pfizer's vaccine.

It seemed that a final conclusion would come out as early as tomorrow, so hospitals were also ready.



Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung covered a hospital in Baltimore preparing for vaccination.



<Reporter> The



US Food and Drug Administration and the FDA have announced that the Pfizer vaccine has met the requirements for emergency use approval.



It was confirmed that the prevention effect was 52% if it was hit once and 95% if it was hit twice.



He explained that pain and fatigue at the vaccination site can be felt as side effects, but disappeared within two days.



The FDA will reach a final conclusion at an expert meeting tomorrow as early as tomorrow.



[Stephen Hahn/FDA Director: In a preliminary investigation, we determined that the Pfizer vaccine was successful in meeting the requirements.]



Frontline hospitals are also preparing cryogenic freezers that can store -80°C for Pfizer vaccine storage.



The Pfizer vaccine says it is more challenging because it requires a defrosting and dilution process for vaccination.



[Lisa Polinsky/Lifebridge Health Assistant Manager: We're going to put a label when we take the vaccine out of the freezer to see how long it's available for distribution.]



The hospital's cryogenic freezer costs $20,000 per unit.



Our money is close to 21 million won.



That means there is a high cost to store the corona vaccine.



Biden said he would vaccinate 100 million people within 100 days of taking office.



[Biden/U.S. President-elect: We will vaccinate the arms of 100 million people within 100 days of taking office.

We will follow the guidelines of science.]



President Trump has signed an executive order to give Americans the first vaccine, but even the vaccination officer has questioned the effectiveness of the executive order.



[Slawy/White House Vaccine Superfast Operations Officer: To be honest, I'm not sure what you mean.

I am not involved in the executive order.

It's hard to tell.] In the



United States, more than 1 million new coronavirus cases have occurred in the last five days, and 290,000 deaths have been accumulated in the United States,

making it

virtually out of control.



(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)  



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