Crown 19 that made the world tremble for 343 days … The counterattack of humanity begins

Mankind’s counterattack against Corona 19 begins, which has plagued the world for 343 days.

This is because some countries are finally starting to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The UK will be vaccinated for the first time in the world on the 8th (local time). It has been 343 days since the corona 19 outbreak in Hubei, China, in December 2019.

So who will be right first? The subjects are generally similar.

The elderly, such as nursing home residents, and on-site medical staff are the priority targets.

This is because the elderly and underlying diseases have a high mortality rate during infection, and medical personnel must possess immunity to treat patients safely.

The first country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine is the United Kingdom.

In the UK, nursing home residents and staff have ranked them as the top candidates. Then, the elderly and medical personnel over 80 years old, older than 75 years old, older than 70 years old and clinically extremely vulnerable group, older than 65 years old, 16-64 years old with health problems, older than 60 years old, older than 55 years old , over 50 years old In order.

To date, the UK has sourced around 20 million Pfizer vaccines that have recently been approved for use.

In the case of the United States, the expert advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised health officials first that medical workers and nursing home patients should be vaccinated first. Germany recently prepared a draft recommendation for vaccination with preferential vaccines through the vaccine committee under the health authorities and distributed it to related organizations. According to the draft, people aged 80 and over, residents of nursing homes or nursing homes, medical personnel at high risk of exposure, such as emergency rooms, doctors, nurses and caregivers who are in close contact with groups risk are eligible for vaccination.

First, the vaccination target size was estimated to be 8.6 million.

On the 3rd, the Belgian government also ranked vaccine recipients in the order of nursing home residents, staff, medical staff, 65 years and older, and citizens aged 45 to 65 with underlying diseases. The Swedish government is similar to other European countries.

Germany and Sweden plan to start vaccination if the EU authorities approve the use of the vaccine.

In Korea, from February to March next year, the actual vaccination is planned step by step based on the ‘Recommended priority vaccination target’.

According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the government is establishing an inoculation management plan that includes the goal and timing of the Corona 19 vaccine prior to vaccination in consultation with relevant ministries and experts.

Currently, the government is screening 36 million people, including the elderly, residents of collective facilities and patients with chronic diseases, such as the ‘Vulnerable Class of Crown 19’ and health workers, such as the ‘essential social services personnel’ as priority objectives.

As essential service personnel to society who can first receive the Corona 19 vaccine, workers in medical institutions, primary quarantine responders, police and fire officials, workers in nursing homes and welfare facilities are mentioned. social and soldiers. The subject of such a review may change depending on the circumstances.

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