Biden “Sufficient supply of vaccine at the end of July… Christmas normalization possibility”

-U.S. President Joe Biden is confident that a sufficient amount of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine will be distributed to his own people by the end of July.

President Biden said at a CNN Town Hall meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the 16th (local time), “We will have more than 600 million doses of the vaccine by the end of July.”

Previously, President Biden announced on the 11th that he signed a contract with Modena and Pfizer to add a total of 200 million vaccines, each with 100 million doses. In addition to the existing holdings, it has secured a total of 600 million batches. As of 2019, the U.S. population is about 32.82 million.

President Biden also stressed that “significant progress has been made to increase the number of vaccinations,” and emphasized the mobilization of the state defense force for vaccine administration. In addition, he said, “A significant number of (vaccination) sites have been opened to enable vaccination.” The prospect of’normalizing’ before Corona 19 around Christmas this year is also a mixed prospect. President Biden, referring to the formation of group immunity following future vaccinations, said, “I think it will be a very different situation next Christmas.” He said, “A year from now, we have to keep social distancing and wear masks. There will be quite a few people.” However, he stressed that “(yet) we do not know” that his prospects are not definitive facts.

President Biden also said, “If you can get the vaccine, do it anytime you can.” Regarding the concern about the mutant virus, he said, “(Vaccine) efficacy may be lowered from 95%,” he said. “It will still be effective.”

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