유럽의 미국 백신 따라잡기 (NYT)

*주요내용

A vaccination center last week in Perpignan, France. E.U. countries were reported to have administered 102.66 doses per 100 people as of Tuesday, while the United States had administered 102.44. The European Union is now vaccinating its populations at a faster pace than most developed countries. More than 70 percent of adults in the bloc have now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. More than 400 colleges and universities are requiring students to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Almost all are in states that voted for President Biden. President Biden will formally announce on Thursday that all civilian federal employees must be vaccinated against the coronavirus or be forced to submit to regular testing, social distancing, mask requirements, and restrictions on most travel. Countries including France and Italy have announced new vaccine requirements to try to speed up inoculations, with proof of vaccination or a negative test set to be required to gain access to most public indoor venues.

프랑스 페흐피냥 지역 백신센터는 지난 주에 100명 인구당 102.66 회를 접종했다고 밝혔다. 한편 미국은 102.44회이다. 유럽연합은 선진국중 가장 빨리 접종 중이다. 70퍼센트 이상의 성인이 1회 이상 접종했다.  미국은 지난 대선에서 바이든에 지지를 보낸 거의 대부분의 주의 400개 대학에 코로나 백신의 접종을 의무화하고 있다. 또 바이든은 목요일에 모든 연방 공무원들은 코로나 백신을 맞던지, 아니면 정기 코로나검사와 사회적거리두기, 마스크착용 그리고 대부분의 여행제한 등을 선택해야 한다고 발표했다. 프랑스와 이탈리아는 접종률을 높이기위해 실내 행사의 참석을 위해 백신 증명서나 음성인 백신테스트 결과를 제출할 것을 결정했다. 

 

*단어와 표현

the latest vaccination figures compiled by Our World  아워월드에서 만들어진 최근 백신 수치

a stark contrast with 극명한 대조

European Commission 유럽 집행위원회

inoculation campaigns 접종캠패인

rising caseloads 증가하는 (감염) 케이스 수치

vaccine saturation levels were high 백신 포화도가 높았다. 

A vaccination center last week in Perpignan, France. E.U. countries were reported to have administered 102.66 doses per 100 people as of Tuesday, while the United States had administered 102.44.

The 27 member states of the European Union altogether have now administered more coronavirus vaccine doses per 100 people than the United States, in another sign that inoculations across the bloc have maintained some speed throughout the summer, while they have stagnated for weeks in the United States.

E.U. countries had administered 102.66 doses per 100 people as of Tuesday, while the United States had administered 102.44, according to the latest vaccination figures compiled by Our World in Data. This month, the European Union also overtook the United States in first injections; currently, 58 percent of people across the bloc have received a dose, compared with 56.5 percent in the United States.

The latest figures provide a stark contrast with the early stages of the vaccination campaigns this year, when E.U. countries, facing a shortage of doses and delayed deliveries, looked in envy at the initially more successful efforts in the United States, Britain and Israel.

But the European Union is now vaccinating its populations at a faster pace than most developed countries. More than 70 percent of adults in the bloc have now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said the achievement put E.U. countries “among the world leaders.”

As inoculation campaigns in many American states have been marred by widespread anti-vaccine sentiment, E.U. countries have been able to immunize their populations with less pushback.

Around 75 percent of residents in the bloc agree that vaccines are the only way to end the coronavirus pandemic, according to a public survey conducted across the European Union in May.

Furthermore, 79 percent said they intended to get vaccinated “sometime this year.”

Yet the spread of the Delta variant has added new urgency. Cases have soared in countries such as the Netherlands and Portugal, and hospitalizations have increased in France and Spain, among others, driving officials to try to speed up vaccination campaigns that have slightly slowed in recent weeks.

“Countries have tried in the first half of the year to stretch the interval between the first and the second doses, but now they have to reduce it to the minimum, with the shortest possible interval,” Andrea Ammon, director of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, said this month.

College and universities. More than 400 colleges and universities are requiring students to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Almost all are in states that voted for President Biden.
Hospitals and medical centers. Many hospitals and major health systems are requiring employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine, citing rising caseloads fueled by the Delta variant and stubbornly low vaccination rates in their communities, even within their work force. In N.Y.C., workers in city-run hospitals and health clinics will be required to get vaccinated or else get tested on a weekly basis.
Federal employees. President Biden will formally announce on Thursday that all civilian federal employees must be vaccinated against the coronavirus or be forced to submit to regular testing, social distancing, mask requirements and restrictions on most travel. State workers in New York will face similar restrictions.
Can your employer require a vaccine? Companies can require workers entering the workplace to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to recent U.S. government guidance.
Countries including France and Italy have announced new vaccine requirements to try to speed up inoculations, with proof of vaccination or a negative test set to be required to gain access to most public indoor venues. The goal, President Emmanuel Macron of France said in announcing the measures this month, is to “put restrictions on the unvaccinated rather than on everyone.”

As campaigns have slightly decreased or plateaued in some E.U. countries, health officials have also urged younger age groups to get vaccinated.

“We have focused a lot on the elderly, and it’s left a very strong perception among younger people that they’re not at risk, or that if they are, it’s very mild,” said Heidi Larson, an anthropologist and founder of the London-based Vaccine Confidence Project, which tracks opinions about immunization across the world.

Vittoria Colliza, a Paris-based epidemiologist at Inserm, the French public-health research center, said that vaccine saturation levels were high among many populations, but that large pockets had yet to even receive one dose.

She added that new lockdown restrictions may have to be reimposed to stem the spread of the Delta variant if immunization fails to keep up.

 

 

*원문

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/world/europe/eu-us-vaccinations.html