Kwon Jun-wook “Double crown vaccine expected, vaccination will proceed slowly”

Two vaccines are required to avoid contracting the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and even if the vaccine is insured, quarantine authorities predicted that actual vaccination for the public could proceed slowly.

Joon-wook Kwon, deputy director of the Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (National Institute for Health Research), revealed the current status and prospects for COVID-19 vaccine research and development in a briefing on the 19th. Deputy General Manager Kwon explained: “We have a lot of assets and experience before Corona 19 vaccination, but Corona 19 is a much more difficult situation.” “First of all, I hope the number of vaccines will be double.”

Kwon Jun-wook, head of the Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (National Institute for Health Research), is giving a regular briefing at the Centers for Disease Control in Cheongju City, Chungbuk, on the afternoon of 18 , including the national Corona 19 outbreak and the results of interim investigations in confirmed patients. Yunhap news

He mentioned that during the 2009 H1N1 flu, health authorities prepared the ninth vaccine in the world and inoculated about 14 million people who were given priority for three months. He also added that he has a lot of experience in vaccinating the public, but because Corona 19 is a special situation, vaccination can progress slowly. The deputy director of Kwon said: “If an adverse reaction is reported during the corona 19 vaccination process, an epidemiological investigation is necessary and the vaccination can be temporarily stopped,” he said with a cautious position.

He continued: “I think it is very likely that the general vaccination schedule, such as remote or scheduled vaccination, will progress slowly,” he continued. “Even if the vaccine is developed and secured, there will be a way to start vaccination safely and completely after looking at the initial 500,000 or 1 million vaccines in the country where vaccination was started and slowly examining progress and emergence. of side effects. I’m thinking, ”he added. Even if a real Corona 19 vaccine is developed, it should be vaccinated twice, and in consideration of side effects, etc., based on sufficient precedent to start vaccination, has expressed a cautious position that it will be vaccination in Korea eventually .

As of day 17, there were 140 vaccines in the development stage registered with the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these, 23 clinical trials are underway and 8 are being developed in China. [로이터=연합]

He said, “We will put people’s safety first, discuss various considerations with experts, and do our best to establish future vaccination plans.” The authorities emphasized that they will prevent the spread to the greatest extent possible through a thorough epidemiological investigation with the attitude of rebuilding the bone bone.

Regarding the state of development of the national vaccine, “in relation to the treatment drug remdesivir, the supply has been completed to a total of 415 patients in 58 hospitals so far.” “We have distributed COVID-19 virus resources to support research on vaccines, treatments and diagnostic technologies. It has been distributed “.

The agency explained that there were a total of 154 agencies that requested the pre-sale of the virus, of which the coronavirus was transmitted to 142 agencies. The deputy director of Kwon said: “We will actively and rapidly proceed with the pre-sale for research on the development of therapies, vaccines and diagnostic agents to overcome Corona 19 in the future.”

Crown 19 confirmed patients accumulated after May. Graphic = Younghee Kim [email protected]

Deputy CEO Kwon said there have been 375 confirmed cases in a total of 10 groups since mid-August in connection with “door-to-door sales,” where group infection continues. It was also emphasized that the briefings related to door-to-door sales, investments and healthy food events were ‘3 wheat’ with conditions dense, closed and close to the spread of the crown. He said: “The possibility of crown spread has been confirmed to be very high, such as having long conversations or sharing food,” he said. I will also actively implement it, ”he said.

Deputy CEO Kwon said: “Although the scale of the coronavirus outbreak is slow, it continues to decline.” “We have managed to control the explosive increase, but the rate of investigations of infection routes has increased in the last two weeks,” he expressed concern. He also mentioned a case presented in the Sinmungo Seguridad of the Ministry of Public Administrations and Security. “Concerns were reported that it would be difficult to identify visitors in an emergency, such as overcrowded customers eating and making cash payments without distance from overcrowded illegal stalls.”

He then explained the long-term epidemic control policy of the quarantine authorities. “Until the introduction of fundamental solutions like vaccines, our social system or medical system is controlling the scale and speed of occurrence to a level that is acceptable.” “The key to this strategy is that quarantine countermeasures, the medical system and the quarantine of people’s lives must be integrated,” he said again, emphasizing ‘social distancing’.

Reporter Kim Hyun-ye [email protected]