Following Pfizer, the U.S. government has begun to distribute Modena's new coronavirus vaccine across the country.



The U.S. government is expected to ship modders or vaccines across the United States starting on the 20th (local time) through shipping companies FedEx and UPS, CNN reported.



Army General Gustav Ferna, chief operating officer of the'Ultra-High-Speed ​​Operations' team, who oversees the supply and delivery of the corona vaccine, said at a briefing on the day, "Working on the distribution of modders or vaccines has already begun." On the back)."



The U.S. government began vaccinating Pfizer on the 14th, and on the 18th approved the emergency use of the modder vaccine.



With this, the U.S. government, which has secured two vaccines to respond to the corona pandemic, is planning to accelerate the distribution and delivery of the vaccine.



The U.S. will deliver 7.9 million doses of Pfizer and Modena vaccine combined this week, the first week of the corona vaccine, and plans to allocate 20 million doses to state governments by the end of the year.



As such, the U.S. government is implementing a quarantine strategy through vaccination, but the spread of coronavirus remains unabated, with the number of new patients in the U.S. reaching 250,000 per day.



According to Johns Hopkins University, as of the 18th, the number of confirmed cases was 249,000, and the number of deaths was 2,814.



In addition, the number of patients hospitalized for Corona was 114,000, the highest for 13 consecutive days.



CNN broadcast said, "Despite the good news regarding the corona vaccine, the coronavirus is raging in many parts of the United States."



The U.S. government and experts have also secured two vaccines, but warned that the corona crisis is still far away.



General Funa of the high-speed operation team compared the corona overcoming to the American football game, saying, "Every time you distribute the vaccine, you can advance several yards, but to win the game, you need to defend as well as attack." I asked for compliance.



"Vaccines play an important role in ending the epidemic," said Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), stressing that public health measures such as wearing masks should not be abandoned until almost everyone is vaccinated. I did.