Apr 09, 2021 15:30:00

One in five Americans complete vaccination against the new coronavirus

On April 8, 2021,

data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that approximately 66 million people, or 20% of the US population, have been vaccinated against the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). It was shown to be.

CDC COVID Data Tracker
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations

One in 4 US Adults Are Now Fully Vaccinated Against COVID | PEOPLE.com
https://people.com/health/27-million-americans-have-received-1-vaccine-dose-more-than-total-covid-cases/

According to CDC data, about 112 million Americans have been vaccinated at least once (33.7% of the total population), and about 66 million have completed vaccination (19.9). %). Of the vaccines provided in the United States, Johnson & Johnson's ' Ad26.COV2.S ' can be completed with a single inoculation, but Pfizer and BioNTech jointly developed ' BNT162b2 ' and Moderna's ' mRNA'. -1273 'will be inoculated in two inoculations.

Since the FDA approved the emergency use of BNT162b2 in December 2020, vaccine distribution has been progressing rapidly in the United States. According to the overseas media ' People ', as of March 2021, about 400 million vaccines have been prepared, and by April, an average of 3 million or more vaccines have been inoculated per day. ..

However, despite this rapid pace of vaccine distribution, the number of infected people in the United States continues to increase day by day.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University , the number of infected people from April 1 to 8, 2021 was 453,360, about 65,000 per day. Although it decreased slightly from the average of the previous week, it increased by 21% compared to 2 weeks ago and 12% or more compared to 1 month ago. In addition, more than 16,000 cases of mutant strains have been confirmed so far.

Mutants of the new coronavirus, which are said to be highly infectious, are also showing signs of epidemics around the world, and it is reported that some are acquiring mutations that reduce the effectiveness of existing vaccines. 'The increase in the number of infected people is partly due to the rapid spread of B.1.1.7, a mutant strain of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2),' said Rochelle P. Warrensky, director of the CDC. Stated.

'Vaccination is the best way to prevent the emergence of COVID-19 mutants,' said Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and immunologist. We are calling for prompt inoculation when it becomes.

By the way, the vaccination status in Japan announced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan is as follows. As of April 8, 2021, approximately 1,066,000 people (0.85% of the total population) have completed the first vaccination.