Joe Biden celebrated the application of the first 50 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States

The United States is “several weeks ahead” of its covid-19 vaccination program, President Joe Biden said Thursday celebrating the inoculation of 50 million people since he took power on January 20.

“I am here today to say that we’re halfway there, with 50 million doses in just 37 days since taking officesaid Biden, who had promised to vaccinate 100 million people in his first 100 days in office.

“We are heading in the right direction despite the mess we have inherited”Biden said, noting that the pace of the launch had “doubled” during his six weeks in office. “This represents a lead of several weeks.”

“It is not time for us to relax”, despite the drop in infections, the president warned. “In the past five weeks, The United States administered more vaccines than anywhere else in the world (…) The more people are vaccinated, the faster we can beat the virus, “Biden said at an event with the vice president. Kamala harris, in which several citizens were vaccinated.

“Debemos seguir lavándonos las manos, mantenernos socimente distanciados y, por el amor de Dios, por el amor de Dios, usar barbijos”, dijo Biden en un evento convocado para celebrar the administration of 50 millones de inmunizaciones desde que el líder demócrata l the White House.

“Vaccines are safe and effective”, added.

The first vaccine was last inoculated in the United States December 14. Although the number of infections and deaths from the coronavirus is declining, The United States is the country hardest hit by the pandemic with more than 28 million cases and more than 500,000 deaths, based on independent count data from Johns Hopkins University.

Experts consider that evolving data mainly concerns vaccination, which could include a third vaccine next week, the Johnson & Johnson single dose, to those already available Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna.

Biden has indicated that he hopes the United States will have sufficient doses to immunize nearly all of its population, some 300 million people, against COVID-19 by the end of July, after reaching new agreements. with Pfizer and Moderna, and predictable approval. by Johnson & Johnson.

Government plans to distribute at least three million doses of the vaccine injection of Johnson & Johnson if it receives emergency use authorization (US), a senior US official said on Wednesday.

“If an EUA is issued, we expect that allocation of three to four million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine next weekSaid Jeff Zients, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator.

“Johnson & Johnson announced that aims to deliver a total of 20 million doses by the end of March “added.

With information from AFP and EFE

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