(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Biden sets a new target for vaccine: 70% of the adult population will be covered by vaccination on July 4

　　China News Service, Washington, May 4 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) US President Biden announced at the White House on the 4th that by July 4th, the United States plans to give 70% of the adult population at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, and 160 million people will complete it. Vaccination.

　　Biden delivered a speech on the new crown epidemic that day, saying that since his inauguration, the United States has completed 220 million doses of new crown vaccination.

"In the last 100 days, our goal was to make it possible for people to get vaccinated. Now, we want to bring vaccines to those who are not so eager to get vaccinated."

Data map: On December 21, 2020 local time, Biden publicly vaccinated the new crown vaccine in a hospital in Delaware, hoping to prove the safety of the vaccine to the public.

　　According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 4th, about 56.4% of the adult population in the United States has received at least one dose of the vaccine, a total of 145 million.

The number of people who have completed vaccination is 106 million.

　　This means that in the next two months, the United States will need to receive about 100 million doses of vaccines to achieve the new target set by the White House.

　　According to the "Washington Post" statistics, in the past two weeks, the average seven-day vaccination in the United States has dropped from over 3 million during the peak period to 2.2 million.

Except for New York and New Hampshire, the weekly vaccinations in other states are on a downward trend.

　　Biden said that the next stage of vaccination will focus on "three kinds of people": adolescents between 12 and 15 years old, those with inconvenient vaccination conditions, and those who are "still unsure whether to vaccinate."

　　Biden said that US scientists are evaluating the safety of the new crown vaccine for minors between 12 and 15 years old.

Once the vaccine is authorized to be vaccinated for this age group, about 20,000 pharmacies across the United States are ready to vaccinate young people.

　　"We know that millions of Americans can get vaccinated with just a little encouragement." Biden also said that more vaccines will be shipped to remote areas across the United States, so that people can get vaccinated without driving far.

　　For those who do not want to be vaccinated, Biden appealed, “You do need to be vaccinated. It can not only protect you, but also reduce your risk of transmitting the virus to others. It can save you or the lives of your loved ones. ."

　　However, Biden also admitted that compared to the previous phase, the next two months are "easy, because there is no need to use too much logistics. But it is also more difficult because it is beyond my personal control."

　　Biden said that the United States already has a vaccine supply and is focusing on persuading more Americans to get vaccinated.

If the next stage is successful, the United States will take an "important step" towards returning to normalcy.

　　According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 21.00 on the 4th, the number of confirmed new crown cases in the United States exceeded 32.51 million, and the number of deaths reached 578,000.

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