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order to solve the shortage of vaccine supply and demand, Korea is promoting a Korean-US vaccine swap, which borrows vaccines from the United States in advance, and President Biden said that the corona vaccine is not sufficient enough to send the United States to other countries. I drew it. Even if the vaccine is supported in the future, the possibility of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has not been approved in the United States, increases.
This news is from Washington, Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung.
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US President Biden today (22nd) announced that he has achieved 200 million corona vaccine vaccinations in the United States.
It was originally set for the 100-day goal, but it was achieved early in 92 days.
He explained that the mortality rate over 65 years of age has dropped dramatically by 80% as most vaccinations for the elderly have ended.
President Biden, who has emphasized the speed of vaccine war, says there are not enough supplies to send the vaccine to other countries right now.
[Biden/US President: We don't have enough vaccines to send to other countries right now. But I'm sure we can do that.] It
also suggested that it would be an AstraZeneca vaccine that was not approved for use in the United States even if it was exported.
[Biden/U.S. President: We are looking to see if we can export some of the vaccines we don't use. It must be safe enough to be taken out.] In the
meantime, we cited neighboring countries, Canada and Central America, as the target countries.
[Biden/U.S. President: I spoke with the Canadian Prime Minister today for 30 minutes. We've already applied a little, but we'll be supporting a little more. I'm sure it can support Central America.] In
fact, it has suggested that the vaccine is difficult to give to other countries until the United States has achieved mass immunity, raising concerns that the global vaccine famine is intensifying.