[사회]Priority vaccination goal 84.6% 1st vaccination completed … 23 days 65 years or more after vaccination started

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From last month to the present, about 85% of those who were given priority to receive the Corona 19 vaccine have completed the first dose.

Starting the day after tomorrow, vaccinations begin sequentially for inpatients, residents, and workers 65 and older in nursing hospitals or nursing facilities.

Reporter Ki Jung-hoon reports.

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To date, more than 676,000 people have received the Corona 19 vaccine in Korea.

There are 619,000 AstraZeneca vaccines and 57,000 Pfizer vaccines.

Of the 799,000 people who received priority vaccination in February and March, 84.6% completed the first vaccination.

The vaccination rate compared to the national population is 1.3%.

The vaccination objectives will be extended from the 23rd of next Tuesday.

Inpatients, residents, and workers 65 years of age or older in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities nationwide.

There are 376,000 people who had the AstraZeneca vaccine withdrawn due to insufficient clinical data for the elderly.

The government decided to administer the vaccine after a recent study in Great Britain and Scotland concluded that the AstraZeneca vaccine was also effective for the elderly.

Experts hoped that in the case of 65 years or older, a blood test before vaccination would alleviate some anxiety about the side effects of the vaccine.

[천은미 / 이대목동병원 호흡기내과 교수 : 혈액검사 후에 상태가 안정적이고 이상이 없는 경우에 접종을 하고 접종 후에 만일에 이상반응이 나타날 때는 다시 검사를 하게 되면 인과관계가 설명이 어느 정도 될 수가 있습니다.]

Immunizations start on the 23rd in nursing hospitals and psychiatric hospitals, and on the 30th in nursing homes for the elderly, psychiatric care and rehabilitation centers.

In the case of nursing hospitals, full-time physicians are vaccinated, and in the case of nursing facilities, the inoculation team from the public health center visits the facility or the target person visits the public health center for get vaccinated.

YTN Ki Jeong-Hoon[[email protected]]is.

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