[사회]490 new people confirmed … “General national vaccination starting in April, the elderly over 65 years old first”

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The number of new confirmed corona 19 cases has approached the 500 level on the second day.

Among these, general national vaccinations starting next month have priority for people 65 and older.

I’ll connect the reporters. Reporter Seung-yoon Lee!

Are you saying that the number of new confirmed cases has not decreased and is approaching 500?

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At 0 o’clock today, there are 490 new Corona 19 patients in Korea.

The number of people decreased by 14 compared to the previous day and registered 400 people for five days in a row.

Even in the last week, the average number is more than 400 per day.

Regarding the route of infection, the national outbreaks were 474 and the foreign entries were 16.

By region, there are 324 people in the metropolitan area alone, with 138 people in Seoul, 160 in Gyeonggi, and 26 in Incheon.

Of these, 68 tested positive for temporary screening in the metropolitan area.

In the non-metropolitan area, Gyeongnam was the largest with 61, followed by Gangwon with 16, Busan with 17 and Chungbuk with 16 with a total of 150.

The number of people who died from Corona 19 increased by 5 to a cumulative 1,667 and 126 people with severe gastric disorders.

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Please tell me about the vaccination situation.

[기자]

Yesterday 35,000 people were vaccinated a day.

The cumulative number of inoculations exceeded 583,000.

Reports of adverse reactions after vaccination increased by 674 per day.

Among them, 7 cases of serious suspicion such as seizures and 73 cases of ‘anaphylaxis’, which is a severe systemic allergic reaction, were suspected.

Also, there was no new report of death after vaccination.

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Will general national vaccinations take place next month?

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Yes it is.

General national vaccinations starting next month have priority for people 65 and older.

The Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters announced that it will begin vaccination for the general public, as well as for residents and medical staff in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities starting next month.

In particular, among people over 65, the elderly are considered first, and the vaccination plan, including the specific scope and timing of the target, will be explained early next week.

Previously, the vaccination promotion team decided on a policy to announce the vaccination schedule for the second quarter of the next 15.

Meanwhile, the script said that the average number of Corona19 patients per day for the past week surpassed the 440 level, and he was concerned that the number of patients in the metropolitan area would reach 75%.

YTN Lee Seung-yoon at the Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]is.

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