Jung Eun-kyung, head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), said, "I think the epidemic will progress slowly until September and then gradually break down (after that)." In response, he revealed the sustainability of the 4th stage quarantine in response to the pandemic until the end of September.
Commissioner Jeong said, "It is necessary to raise the (1st) vaccination rate to 70% before Chuseok, block the transmission and prevent severe progression. "I will do it," he said at the National Assembly on the 23rd, implying that the infection could continue from Chuseok to October unless the infection in the late 1,000s does not 'naturally decrease'.
Lee Sang-won, head of the Epidemiological Investigation and Analysis Team, said on the 24th, "I think the time when about 70% of the people finish the vaccination (1st) is the time when the transmission between people in Korea slightly decreases and a mechanism is prepared for the number of patients to change to a declining trend." About 70% of the first vaccination, he said, "It can be seen as a starting point to block the epidemic to some extent even through a relatively low level of social distancing as a lot of immunity against COVID-19 is formed." "Related plans will be designed after transparent discussion in September and October," he said, revealing that 'immunity' was the standard for controlling the epidemic.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the United States, said on the 23rd that "if the overwhelming majority are vaccinated, the United States could put the pandemic under control by the spring of next year." "Even health professionals don't know yet what percentage of the population should be vaccinated," he told CNN.
Regarding children, Fauci, an infectious disease expert, said, “Even after the official approval of the Pfizer vaccine, children under the age of 12 cannot still get the vaccine. “Maybe we can move on to next year,” he said. “The decision to approve a vaccine for children is fundamentally based on safety.”
Regarding 'control', CNN said, "Once more people are vaccinated, the confirmed case and hospital admission will be separable. If you aren't sick enough to have to go to the hospital, the control is that the coronavirus starts slowly losing its epidemic space." Sanjay Gupta said today.
In response to a question at the National Assembly regarding the timing of the peak of the fourth pandemic, Commissioner Jeong, who majored in preventive medicine, said, "It is not easy to forecast, but it is difficult to see a sharp decline after reaching the peak. "He said.