Anthony Fauci, a U.S. Epidemic prevention expert, said on 21 May that the U.S. Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic will enter a plateau according to the average statistics of the past week, and mentioned that despite the emergence of mutated strains, according to reports, the existing vaccine is still effective against the virus.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) President Fauci said at a White House press conference on Thursday that the United States is still in a pretty dire situation, with more than 400,000 people dying of the disease.
Fauci referred to the recent emergence of countries of the variant of the virus, the United States has 20 states from the United Kingdom’s variant strain, although the variant of the virus does not represent a higher rate of fatalities, but the rapid spread of the strain more obvious the importance of vaccination. Fauci said the authorities are now closely monitoring the mutated virus and related alternative plans, and will modify the vaccine if the situation arises as a last resort, but according to reports provided so far, the existing vaccine against the mutated virus is still effective.
Fauci said President Biden is accelerating vaccinations, invoking the Defense Production Act to help vaccine manufacturers expand production, including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna. Fauci noted that most Americans will likely be vaccinated by the middle of the year, adding that if 70 to 80 percent of Americans are vaccinated by the end of September, then the U.S. is expected to return to a degree of normalcy in the next few months.
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