U.S. and Mexico approve emergency use of new crown vaccine, WHO points out that anti-epidemic needs comprehensive measures

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 13th. Global epidemic briefing on the 12th: The United States and Mexico approve the emergency use of the new crown vaccine.

Global data

　　World Health Organization: As of 18:46 on the 12th Central European Time (1:46 on the 13th, Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide increased by 656,181 from the previous day to 69,808,588; the number of deaths increased by 11,868 from the previous day , Reaching 1588854 cases.

　　Johns Hopkins University, United States: As of 7:26 on the 13th, Beijing time, a total of 71,608,961 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide, and a total of 1,603,415 deaths.

The United States is the most severely affected country in the world, with a total of 16,035537 confirmed cases and a total of 297674 deaths.

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　　The US Food and Drug Administration on the 11th approved the emergency use authorization application for the new crown vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and the German Biotech Company.

This is the first new crown vaccine approved for emergency use in the United States, and is allowed to be used for people 16 years and older.

　　The Federal Preventive Health Risk Committee under the Mexican government issued an announcement on the 11th that it approved the emergency use of the new crown vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. and the German Biotech Company in Mexico.

Mexico plans to launch a national COVID-19 vaccination program in the third week of December. Medical staff on the front line of the epidemic will give priority to vaccination. It is expected that the COVID-19 vaccine will be universally vaccinated throughout Mexico in March 2022.

　　Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s emergency project, said on the 11th that from an epidemiological perspective, the global epidemic situation is still very unstable. Although the new crown vaccine gives people hope, other anti-epidemic measures are still indispensable.

　　According to the report of the South Korean Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters on the 12th, South Korea added 950 new confirmed cases of new crown on the 11th, setting a new record for the number of new confirmed cases in a single day since the outbreak, with a total of 41,736 confirmed cases.

The ministry said on the same day that it will establish more than 150 temporary screening stations for the new crown in the metropolitan area starting on the 14th to expand the scope of screening.