Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: More than 20% of the U.S. population has completed the new crown vaccination

　　(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: More than 20% of the U.S. population has completed COVID-19 vaccination

　　China News Agency, Houston, April 9th. The latest data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the 9th showed that more than 20% of the people in the United States have completed the new crown vaccination.

American medical experts worry that people will relax their vigilance against the virus and related prevention and control measures.

Data map: People in Washington, the capital of the United States, dine in an outdoor "bubble" restaurant.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Sha Hanting

　　According to CDC data, as of the 9th, 114 million people in the United States had received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, of which 68.2 million had completed the vaccination.

Nearly 60% of people aged 65 and over have completed the vaccination.

Currently, an average of 3 million doses of vaccination per day are administered every week.

　　"Washington Post" statistics show that as of the 9th, of all states in the United States, New Hampshire had the highest single-dose vaccination rate of 46.9%, and Mississippi had the lowest rate of 27.1%.

　　US President Biden recently announced that all adults in the United States will be eligible for the new crown vaccine before April 19 this year.

　　According to the American short news website "AXIOS", Surgo Ventures, a non-profit organization that focuses on health and social issues, recently released a survey report predicting that according to the current vaccination rate in the United States, all adults who are willing to be vaccinated can be vaccinated this year. Vaccination at the end of the month.

　　The agency also predicts that 52% of the American population will be vaccinated in July this year, which means that including those infected with the new coronavirus, the overall immunity rate in the United States may reach 65% by then.

However, the agency said that this figure is not enough to achieve herd immunity, and the country's overall immunization rate can reach 70% to 90% to form herd immunity.

　　It is worth noting that although the US vaccination work is steadily advancing, however, the recent US epidemic has shown signs of rebound.

According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 9th, the United States had an average daily increase of about 66,000 confirmed cases of new crowns in the past 7 days, the highest level since March 1 this year; as of the 9th, more than 2 cases of mutant new crown virus infections have been reported across the United States. 10,000 cases, of which more than 19,000 were infected with the B.1.1.7 mutant virus (a mutated new coronavirus found in the UK).

　　Public health experts worry that once people relax their vigilance against the virus and related prevention and control measures, it may lead to a rebound of the epidemic.

　　American infectious disease expert and chairperson of the Mayo Clinic New Crown Vaccine Allocation Working Group Abbey Nash Wilk said: "We are worried that there will be a fourth wave of epidemics," especially in the East Coast, Midwest and other regions of the United States.

　　CDC Director Wallensky recently urged people to continue to wear masks in public, maintain social distancing, and keep their hands clean until more people are vaccinated. (Finish)