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Vaccine 1 of the domestic novel coronavirus infection vaccine (Corona 19) is expected to come from the staff of hospitals and nursing facilities. Vaccines for seniors 65 and older at nursing hospitals, which ranked first in vaccinations at the beginning, will move into the second trimester and will only be available in April.
Eunkyung Jung “Confirmed after additional clinical confirmation”
Pfizer Vaccination Next Month for Corona Medical Staff
The government announced on the 15th that vaccination against AstraZeneca will begin in some 270,000 people under 65 years of age, including nursing hospital workers, from the 26th until the ‘Corona Vaccination Implementation Plan February 19-March’. The vaccination will then be extended to medical personnel in large hospitals, Corona 19 response personnel, and Corona 19 medical treatment personnel, with the first vaccination of some 760,000 people completed in March.
In a briefing on the day, Eun-kyung Chung, head of the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Advocacy Team (Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) said: “First, we will start vaccination against AstraZeneca vaccine for inpatients, residents and workers under 65 in group facilities for seniors. It was decided after the review and deliberation of the Vaccine Review Committee ”.
Consequently, 272,131 people, or 42% of the 64,8855 residents and workers of hospitals / nursing facilities, psychiatric hospitals, mental care / rehabilitation centers, etc., will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine starting on the 26th day. As vaccination was restricted to those under 65 years of age, a significant number of vaccines (228,000, approximately 84%) are workers. The 1st vaccination ends the following month and the 2nd vaccination begins from April to May.
About 37,700 people 65 and older in nursing hospitals are expected to receive the vaccine in the second trimester alone. As controversy grew over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the elderly, it was decided to postpone vaccination until more data was confirmed.
Nursing facility for those under 65, etc. AZ vaccine First vaccination … 760,000 in March, 500,000 less than the original announcement
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chung Eun-kyung takes off her mask ahead of announcement of plan to roll out corona 19 vaccine in February and March at Chungju Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the afternoon of the 15th. [뉴시스]
“For those 65 and older, we plan to confirm additional clinical information on the effectiveness of the vaccine (scheduled for late March) and then finalize the vaccination plan after deliberation by the Vaccination Committee.”
The advocacy team said it took into account the fact that if vaccination for the elderly, which is indeed controversial, is carried out on schedule, there is a reliability problem and the inoculation rate may drop.
353,039 medical personnel, including physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, pharmacists, etc. in high-risk medical institutions such as general hospitals and hospitals with many seriously ill patients, and 78,513 first responders from Corona 19, including 119 paramedics, epidemiological investigators and quarantine. Officers will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine starting March 8 and March 22, respectively.
Chart of initial vaccination plan by primary target = Reporter Kim Joo-won [email protected]
As soon as 60,000 Pfizer vaccines introduced through the CoVacs Facility, a global vaccine joint purchasing agreement, are also available, 54,729 medical personnel dedicated to treating Corona 19 will be administered at central and regional vaccination centers over the next month. . As a result, authorities aim to complete the first vaccination with the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines to about 760,000 people by the first quarter. It was about 500,000 less than the 1.3 million when it was originally announced late last month.
The government has announced that it will begin vaccinations for the elderly in nursing homes within two quarters, but if additional clinical information is not available by the end of March as expected, vaccinations for the elderly may continue without a promise. If the AstraZeneca vaccine is not available, the elderly in nursing hospitals must receive other vaccines, but the specific delivery schedule for the Janssen, Modena and NovaVax vaccines that can be introduced in the second trimester is not yet decided. The objective of vaccinating the elderly is to protect risk groups by reducing the mortality rate.
Jeong Jae-hoon, professor of preventive medicine at Gachon University Gil Hospital, said: “In the case of the AstraZeneca vaccine, there is a lack of evidence of its efficacy and it is not a safety concern, but rather it encourages mistrust.” To protect the public from outbreaks 4 and 5, I need a quick vaccine, but it could be a problem. ”
Kim Mo-ran, professor of preventive medicine at the Graduate School of the National Cancer Center, said: “It is possible to prevent infections caused by workers to some extent, but there is still the risk of infecting residents and spreading them in the facilities. . ”
◆ Korea is likely to be the last OECD country= Korea is expected to be the last vaccine among the 37 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). According to the international statistics website ‘Our World in Data’ and foreign media, among OECD countries, only five countries, including Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and Colombia, have yet to start vaccinating COVID-19. Among them, vaccination will begin on the 17th in Japan, on the 20th in New Zealand and Colombia and on the 22nd in Australia. Korea is scheduled to start vaccinating with the AstraZeneca vaccine on the 26th, making it the last in OECD countries.
Reporters Hwang Soo-yeon, Lee Woo-rim, and Lim Sun-young [email protected]
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