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the United States, where delta mutations are increasingly spreading, we have decided to launch a response team at the federal level. Meanwhile, 99.5% of people who died from coronavirus in the United States in the past six months were unvaccinated.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung from Washington
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less than two months, the number of patients with delta mutations in the United States, which was less than 1% in early May, exceeded 25%.
Within a few weeks, the White House predicted that the majority of those infected would be with the delta mutation.
[Wollensky/US CDC Director: Delta mutation continues to spread throughout the United States. We will see mutation spread in (under-vaccinated) communities.] The
White House has decided to set up a dedicated team to combat the spread of delta mutations in under-vaccinated areas.
[Giants/White House Corona Coordinator: We are ready to mobilize a coronavirus response team to areas in need of federal resources and manpower.]
After counting coronavirus deaths in the past six months, 99.5% have been identified as unvaccinated.
He emphasized that vaccination is essential even in response to the mutation of the corona virus.
[Pouch/White House Chief Medical Adviser: The best way to protect yourself from the coronavirus mutation is to complete your vaccinations.]
As the vaccination gap in the U.S. widens, there is even a prospect that the U.S. will be divided into two areas, one that is safe for delta mutation and one that is not.