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Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, which was being vaccinated under emergency approval, was officially approved for the first time in the United States. The U.S. authorities said it was a big milestone and expressed their intention to expand the mandatory vaccination.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York.
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Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, which had been under emergency approval so far, was officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and FDA for the first time among corona vaccines.
President Biden personally went out and encouraged people who had questioned the safety of the vaccine to be vaccinated.
[Joe Biden/President of the United States: (Those who said they would not get the vaccine until it was officially approved,) Now the moment you've been waiting for has come. It's time to get vaccinated again. Welcome today.]
He also urged the private sector to adopt the vaccine mandatory measures currently in place by US authorities in the public sector.
[Joe Biden/President of the United States: In the meantime, I urge the representatives of companies, civic groups, or local heads who will demand that their members be vaccinated once the FDA has formally approved it. Now, make it mandatory for employees to vaccinate.]
New York City
made it compulsory for
all school staff in the city to be vaccinated against the coronavirus today (24th) after the FDA's official approval was announced.
[Bill De Blasio / Mayor of New York: Principals, teachers, custodians, nutritionists, etc. of all schools in New York City must be vaccinated by September 27 at the latest.]
With the official approval of the Pfizer vaccine, it is predicted that 30% of unvaccinated people in the United States will get the vaccine.