The United States has already applied more than 75 million doses of coronavirus vaccines

As the authorities redouble their efforts to speed up the vaccination plan across the country, The United States has applied 75,236,003 doses of COVID-19 vaccine until Sunday morning, according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC further stated that 96,402,490 doses have already been distributed.

The vaccines applied so far are those of the laboratories Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech. Both require two doses for each person.

The data provided by the CDC corresponds to all the people vaccinated until this Sunday, at 6 am, on all the national territory.

As of Saturday, the CDC reported a tally of 72,806,180 doses of vaccines administered and 96,402,290 doses distributed.

The agency said that As of Sunday, 49,772,180 people had received at least one dose of vaccine, while 24,779,920 received both.

A total of 7,112,537 vaccine doses were administered in long-term care centers, the US agency added.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave this Saturday authorization for emergency use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine, the third to get the green light in the country.

“This is fascinating news for all Americans and an encouraging step forward in our efforts to end this crisis,” the US president said, Joe biden, in a statement released by the White House.

The head of state however warned that “This fight is not over yet”: “Even as we celebrate the news today, I ask all Americans: continue to wash your hands, keep your social distances and continue to wear masks (…) Count on this battle continuing in the coming months.

Approval was imminent after an FDA vaccine advisory committee approved emergency clearance for Johnson & Johnson’s covid-19 vaccine, which is expected to be approved this weekend for distribution.

The United States, the country hardest hit by the pandemic in the world, already records more than 28.5 million cases and more than 510,000 deathsaccording to the latest independent count from Johns Hopkins University.

If, in recent days, the daily average of new cases has dropped considerably, to less than 70,000 per day, compared to nearly 300,000 at the start of the year, the authorities continue to warn of the existing danger, in particular because of the appearance of new strains.

Now is not the time to relax restrictions. While we’ve seen sharp reductions in cases and hospital admissions over the past six weeks, these drops come after the highest peak we’ve ever seen in the pandemic, ”he said. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at a press conference Friday.

Inclusion of the first single-dose vaccine should help speed up the vaccination campaign by not requiring a second dose at three weeks, as is the case with the Pfizer and Moderna injections, although Johnson & Johnson have stressed that they are considering possible annual boosters.

The J&J vaccine does not require the extremely low storage temperatures like in the case of Pfizer and Moderna, as it is not based on messenger RNA like its predecessors, but on instructions encoded in a transmitted DNA chain. to the cell in an adenovirus, a technique less prone to spoilage.

On Sunday, White House chief epidemiologist Anthony Fauci said American children under the age of 12 would “most likely” be vaccinated in early 2022. Today, None of the three vaccines licensed in the United States (Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson) are available for children under the age of 16.

But Fauci detailed the chain NBC that some companies have already launched studies to “gradually” reduce this age.

Given the progress of these studies, the immunologist – widely respected in the United States – estimates that children under 12 would be vaccinated, at the earliest, by the end of the year. “And most likely, in the first quarter of 2022,” he said.

Childhood immunizations are a key issue in the United States as it could ease the burden on the millions of parents whose children continue to receive distance education.

With information from Reuters, EFE and AFP

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