<Anchor> The
FDA Expert Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends additional vaccinations for Moderna vaccine, and tomorrow (16th) will review whether cross-vaccination with the vaccine is allowed. Meanwhile, he also predicted that mutations more deadly than the delta virus will not appear in the future.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung from Washington.
<Reporter> The
U.S. Food and Drug Administration and FDA's external expert committee unanimously recommended a booster shot and a third booster dose for the Moderna vaccine.
[Sharon Alois Freys/Israel Health Minister: As we got out of the 4th spread of Corona, Israel would have faced the worst situation that puts a great burden on hospitals with critically ill patients if they hadn't been vaccinated with booster shots.] Have you received the
Moderna vaccine twice? Vaccination is recommended for people over the age of 65 or with underlying medical conditions among those who have passed 6 months.
Tomorrow's FDA expert meeting will discuss whether it's okay to get a booster shot with a different vaccine than the first one.
Clinical trials have shown that cross-vaccination significantly increases immunity levels without significant side effects.
[Lina Wen/Former Baltimore Health Commissioner: First of all, all 9 cross-vaccination combinations were safe. Second, both of these combinations have been shown to enhance the immune response very strongly.]
There are also positive prospects that mutations more deadly than the delta mutant virus will not emerge in the future.
[Pouch / Chief Medical Adviser of the White House: I don't think a mutation that surpasses the delta mutation will suddenly appear.]
President Biden said that the coronavirus situation is stabilizing as the US government's quarantine policy pays off, saying that as many people as possible get the vaccine. emphasized that it is important.