More than 1,500 deaths per day... Booster shot inoculation from the 20th

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United States, the number of deaths due to Corona is increasing significantly compared to a month ago. In the midst of this, it seems that the third booster vaccination with Pfizer vaccine will start on the 20th.

Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung from Washington.

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From the 20th, the United States has decided to give booster shots and the third booster dose to those who have been vaccinated for 8 months.

It is expected that the vaccine will start with Pfizer, which submitted data first.

[Pouch/White House Chief Medical Assistant: The FDA will do a close inspection. It will be decided from the point of view of the regulatory body to receive a booster shot.]

Adviser Fauci predicted that after the third dose, it would be sufficiently resistant to the delta mutation as well as other mutations.

[Pouch / Chief Medical Adviser of the White House: Moderna and Pfizer vaccines both have data that can be considered safe enough for any other corona mutation once the 3rd booster shot is finished.] The

White House said that it has finished purchasing the booster shot.

[Ron Klein / Chief of Staff of the White House: We have purchased the vaccine and are ready to go. You will not see such a terrible sight (lack of vaccine) as in December of last year.] The number

of daily corona cases in the United States surpassed 160,000 and the number of hospitalized patients exceeded 100,000.

In particular, the daily death toll exceeded 1,500, which is more than five times the number a month ago.

As the situation worsens to the level of the coronavirus pandemic in the winter, there are even projections that the delta mutation will hold back the US economic recovery.