모더나 긴급사용 신청...골드만삭스 "내년 가을 선진국 코로나19 백신 접종률 70% 전망"<br /><br />As the race for a COVID-19 vaccine continues around the world, the U.S. pharmaceutical Moderna said it asked U.S. and European health regulators on Monday to authorize use of its Covid-19 vaccine, after it was shown to be 94-point-1 percent effective in a full analysis of a pivotal study.<br />The timing keeps the vaccine on track to become possibly the second to go into use in the U.S. by year's end - after one already under regulatory review from Pfizer and BioNTech with inoculation available to the general public likely in spring or summer. Bae Eun-ji has more. <br />U.S. pharmaceutical giant Moderna on Monday local time applied for emergency-use authorization to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its vaccine.<br />The company asked the FDA to review a data set proving that its vaccine is 94-point-1 percent effective at preventing COVID-19,... and 100-percent effective in preventing severe cases of the virus.<br />The company's CEO said it is likely that approval will be granted between December 17th and Christmas... saying that they feel very confident.<br />"But as you say, the most exciting news to me yesterday, when I learned the data, was the severe cases, because if we can prevent severe cases, it means reduced hospitalizations and no death, and that would be, of course, I believe, a game-changer in this pandemic."<br />Moderna is the second company to seek emergency-use authorization for its vaccine, after Pfizer applied on November 20th with a similar rate of efficacy.<br />With COVID-19 vaccines being developed at an astonishing pace,... multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs forecasts that more than 70-percent of people in developed countries will be vaccinated by fall next year.<br />According to CNBC News, economists predict that the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. will go to those deemed to be high-risk,... starting in mid-December.<br />They expect half the population of the U.S. and Canada to be vaccinated by April 2021,...adding that it would lead to (quote) "significant public health benefits".<br />Then by October next year, it is expected that children under the age of 12 will start being inoculated once there are enough vaccines.<br />Meanwhile, it is forecasted that half the population of the U.K. will be vaccinated by March next year.<br />Bae Eun-ji, Arirang News.<br />
