파우치 소장 "코로나 백신 대량 접종, 내년 말에나"<br /><br />America's top infectious disease expert has expressed cautious optimism that experts will know by December whether a potential COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective.<br />Kim Hyo-sun reports.<br />U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci says the decision on whether a potential COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective will be decided by early December,... but stressed it would take time to have it widely available.<br />"So the amount of doses that will be available in December will not certainly be enough to vaccinate everybody. You'll have to wait several months into 2021."<br />Speaking with the BBC on Sunday, the Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases added that having a substantial proportion of the population vaccinated could happen sometime during the second or third quarter of 2021.<br />He also explained that health care workers will likely to get vaccinated first,... as well as individuals who are in the category of being at an increased risk for complications.<br />Asked whether he believes President Trump is correct in saying the U.S. is "rounding the corner" in the course of the pandemic,... Fauci said it was untrue.<br />The U.S. reported a record of nearly 80-thousand new COVID-19 infections for two straight days through Friday and Saturday.<br />The worst outbreaks are being witnessed in the north and Midwest,... with some 35 of the 50 states are seeing increases.<br />Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.<br />
