He warned that providing the vaccine is not enough ... and stressed the need for nurses
BIDEN: Have enough vaccines available to all American adults by the end of May
People queue outside the largest Corona vaccination center in Brussels, Belgium.
Reuters
US President Joe Biden announced that the United States will have by the end of next May sufficient doses of anti-"Covid-19" vaccines to vaccinate all American adults, describing this progress as important, and warning at the same time that this does not mean that all American adults will be able Of receiving the vaccine, he said: “Providing a vaccine is not enough.
We need vaccinators, people to put the injection in people's arms, millions of American arms. ”
Biden made this statement during his announcement from the White House of an agreement reached by "Merck" and "Johnson & Johnson" in which the two giants in the pharmaceutical industry pledge to cooperate in the production of the vaccine developed by "Johnson & Johnson."
"This is the kind of corporate collaboration that we saw during World War II," Biden said.
He added that Johnson & Johnson's vaccine production centers will now operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
And at the end of last week, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine received a license for emergency use in the United States for adults.
This vaccine has two important logistical advantages, as it is given in only one dose and can be stored at home refrigerator temperatures.
Johnson & Johnson committed to deliver 100 million doses to the United States before the end of next June, and Biden concluded his statement by saying: “This is great news, but it is not over.
Stay vigilant. ”
On the other side of the Atlantic, the European Medicines Agency announced that it will hold a meeting on March 11th, during which it will decide whether to authorize the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the European Union or not.
The Amsterdam-based agency said in a tweet on the social networking site "Twitter" that "the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use will present its recommendation on the Janssen vaccine against (Covid-19) on March 11 during a special meeting."
And «Janssen-Selag» is the European subsidiary of the giant American pharmaceutical group, Johnson & Johnson.
If this vaccine is licensed in Europe, it will be the fourth that the European Medicines Agency allows for use in the 27 countries of the Union.
Last February, Johnson & Johnson submitted an application to obtain a license for its Corona vaccine in the European Union.
On the other hand, the Republican Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, issued a decree abolishing the compulsory wearing of masks in his state and reopening its economy completely, considering that the second largest state in the United States in terms of population has the means to protect its residents from the outbreak of the virus.
The governor said in his decree that “all works, of any kind, can be opened at full capacity,” indicating that he had also decided to “end the work by mandating the wearing of masks throughout the state,” a measure that has been in effect since July 2020.
Abbott pointed out that "thanks to the medical advances that have been made in the field of vaccines and antibody treatments, Texas now has the means to protect its population from the virus."
He continued, "Even if (Covid-19) does not disappear, the southern state is now in much better condition than it was in October 2020, when stores and companies were allowed to operate at a maximum rate of 75% of their capacity."
The Corona virus has caused the death of 2,549.910 million people in the world since the outbreak of the epidemic until yesterday, according to a census conducted by Agence France-Presse based on official sources, and it has been confirmed that more than 114,713,590 million people have been infected with the virus since its emergence, and the vast majority of the infected have recovered.
The day before yesterday, it recorded 10 thousand and 558 additional deaths, and 409 thousand and 96 new injuries in the world.
And the countries that recorded the highest number of new deaths, according to recent figures, are the United States, where 2,136 people died, Brazil 1,641 deaths, and Mexico 1,035 deaths.
The United States is the country most affected by the epidemic, with a total of 516,616 deaths, out of 28,719,660 million cases.
• Texas abolishes mandatory masks and reopens its entire economy.
• The European Union will hold a meeting on March 11th to decide on licensing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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