China News Service, January 17th. According to a comprehensive report on the website of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:22 on the 17th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed new crown cases in the United States exceeded 23.72 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 395,000. example.

However, the slow progress in the distribution and vaccination of the new crown vaccine in the United States has attracted criticism from all walks of life.

US President-elect Biden has proposed a new vaccination plan to inject 100 million doses of vaccines for the people of the country within the first 100 days after taking office.

On January 4, 2021, local time, New York, USA, nurse Sandra Lindsay received the second shot of the new crown virus vaccine at the Long Island Jewish Hospital.

Vaccination progress is far lower than expected

　　US Secretary of Health: The government is confident in the supply chain

　　According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 6 am Eastern Time on the 15th, only about 10.59 million Americans have received the new crown vaccine, of which only about 1.61 million have received the second dose.

This is a far cry from the Trump administration's pledge to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of 2020.

　　In order to speed up the promotion of vaccination, the U.S. Federal Government stated that it has distributed more than 31 million doses of vaccine to all parts of the United States and has released the reserves originally reserved for the second dose. It also recommended that states relax the standards for vaccination targets.

　　US Secretary of Health Azar said the government is confident in the supply chain that vaccine stocks can be distributed to local areas and urged states to use additional supplies to vaccinate everyone over 65.

On December 14, 2020 local time, a nurse at the Jewish Medical Center in Long Island, New York demonstrated the first batch of new coronavirus vaccines in the United States.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

　Less than half of the vaccines awarded

　　The governor of the United States angrily denounced: this is a scam

　　However, many state governments in the United States questioned the federal government’s inability to provide the number of vaccines promised.

　　According to reports, Colorado's distribution of vaccines is less than half of what the federal government has promised.

Colorado Governor Polis said, "I am very disappointed that we were deceived in Washington's plan to release stockpiled vaccines."

　　Oregon Governor Brown also revealed that he was told that the states would not receive more vaccines because "the Federal Reserve has been exhausted" means that residents who received the first dose of the vaccine may not be able to get the second shot.

Brown angrily denounced this as a "national scam." Allen, the state's health director, wrote to Washington asking for clarification of the vaccine inventory problem. "If this is true, it will be very disturbing and put the plan to expand vaccination efforts at serious risk. ."

　　New York Governor Cuomo also said on the 15th that although the number of people eligible for vaccination increased this week, the number of vaccines provided by the federal government next week will be 50,000 doses less than the previous week.

　　New York City officials said that Mount Sinai Hospital cancelled appointments for vaccination due to insufficient vaccines; New York University's Lange Health Center is temporarily not accepting new vaccination appointments.

　　New Jersey State Health Commissioner Percy Richley also said that the weekly dose of vaccine received in New Jersey is less than a quarter of the scheduled vaccination dose.

On December 21, 2020 local time, President-elect Biden of the United States publicly vaccinated against the new crown in a hospital in Delaware.

　Biden: 100 million vaccines will be provided within 100 days of taking office

　　The delivery of the new crown vaccine in the United States is slow. President-elect Biden proposed a new crown vaccination plan on the 15th, which will order companies to increase the production of medical supplies and expand the target of vaccinations, aiming to inject 100 million doses of vaccine for the people in the first 100 days after taking office.

　　According to the plan, Biden intends to invoke the National Defense Production Law to order an increase in the production of vaccine bottles, syringes, needles and other necessities, establish thousands of vaccination centers, and relax vaccination restrictions.

　　Biden also promised that the federal government will strengthen communication with states, and states that use the National Guard to fight the epidemic can reimburse the federal government for expenses.

Biden emphasized that the health of the people is at a critical juncture. Now is the time to set major goals and strive to achieve them, but admits that it will take some time to defeat the virus.