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Foreign nationals traveling to the United States from next month must complete their vaccinations in advance.
However, children under the age of 18 were excluded from the mandatory vaccination list as there are not many countries that are subject to vaccination.
Correspondent Choi Joong-rak from Washington.
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Currently, foreigners entering the United States by air only need a corona-negative certificate, but in the future, they must be vaccinated in advance.
▶ Interview: Ned Price / U.S. State Department Spokesperson
-“From the 8th of next month, foreign travelers boarding flights to the United States must complete their vaccinations and present a certificate before boarding.”
However, it excludes youth and children under the age of 18 who are not easily vaccinated, as well as people with urgent humanitarian reasons.
Vaccines approved for use by the WHO, such as Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen, and AstraZeneca approved by the US authorities, are recognized.
The U.S.’s COVID-19 quarantine policy is interpreted as a major shift in standards from restricting entry from countries with severe epidemics to vaccination.
American pharmaceutical company Moderna plans to apply for emergency approval to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, stating that strong antibodies were formed in a vaccine trial for children aged 6 to 11 years.
The vaccine, which is half the adult dose, was administered twice with an interval of 4 weeks, and it produced 1.5 times the level of antibody compared to adults, Moderna explained.
Pfizer’s vaccine, which was approved before Moderna, is expected to start immunizing children under the age of 12 as early as next month.
▶ Interview: Fauci / Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA
– “It is very likely that children between the ages of 5 and 11 will be vaccinated within the first or second week of November.”
▶ Standing : Choi Jung-rak / Correspondent (Washington)
– “Along with the expansion of vaccination, the US Department of Human Services plans to mass-produce inexpensive and accurate test kits that can be purchased without a prescription in preparation for the winter virus spread to make them available to the public as much as possible. This is MBN News Choi Jung-rak in Washington.”
Videography: Park Ji-yoon / Washington
Video Editing: Sung-Hoon Yang
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