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Corona 19 vaccine produced by Pfizer in Belgium arrived at Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan on the 21st on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) freighter, and unloading is in progress. Narita AP / Kyodo = Yonhap News
Vaccination against a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), jointly developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the German company Bioentech, will begin on the 27th in Korea.
The Corona 19 Vaccination Response Advocacy Team said on the 21st that “the Pfizer vaccine will arrive at Incheon International Airport at 12:10 pm on the 26th.” The introduction schedule has been confirmed, and if there are no special circumstances, it will arrive as planned. “
The vaccine is the initial volume of 58,500 of the 10 million that will be introduced under a contract with the global vaccine co-purchasing organization ‘Covax Facility’. The quantity produced at the Pfizer factory in Belgium is reported to be transported on Korean Air flights from the Netherlands. Pfizer vaccine is shipped in a special box because it must be stored and distributed at an extremely low temperature of 75 degrees below zero.
Quarantine authorities plan to store the Pfizer vaccine in this way at Korea’s cryogenic distribution center in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, and deliver it to dedicated small-spoilage infectious disease hospitals and vaccination centers by region. In the delivery process, the maintenance status of the cryogenic cold chain and the location of the transport vehicle are tracked in real time.
The targets of Pfizer’s Corona 19 vaccination, which will begin on the 27th day after delivery, are the medical staff who treat corona patients19 and about 55,000 people who work in hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases, hospitals dedicated to bases, hospitals that they operate critically ill treatment beds and life treatment centers. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced on 20 that 94.6% of subjects vaccinated with Pfizer agreed to the vaccination.
Vaccination centers where vaccination with Pfizer will take place are currently set up at National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul (center), Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital (Jungbu), Busan National University Hospital in Yangsan (Yeongnam) and Chosun University Hospital (Honam). In addition to these four, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Vaccination Centers will soon open at Keimyung University’s Daegu Dongsan Hospital. In hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases with more than 120 people vaccinated against Corona 19, they receive the vaccine directly and are inoculated. Others will visit the vaccination center and receive the vaccine.
As a result, the schedule has been confirmed that the AstraZeneca Corona 19 vaccine will begin on the 26th for residents and workers in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, and the Pfizer vaccine will begin on the 27th for the treatment medical staff of Corona 19. Subsequently, the quarantine authorities will additionally announce the specific vaccination targets and schedule each time the timing and quantity of Corona 19 vaccine delivery is confirmed.
Lim So-hyung reporter [email protected]
News directly edited by Hankook Ilbo can also be viewed on Naver.
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