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The new US Department of Defense coronavirus infection vaccine for US forces in Korea was first introduced in Korea today (25). In the midst of this, the number of new confirmed cases per day in Korea again hit an all-time high. Reporter Kim Hwan-yong reports from Seoul.
South Korea’s Incheon International Airport announced that a FedEx cargo plane from Memphis, the United States, with the initial supply of the new coronavirus vaccine from the United States Department of Defense for U.S. forces in Korea, arrived at the cargo terminal on the 25th.
This is the first time that the new corona vaccine, which has been vaccinated with permission from some countries such as the United States and Canada, has arrived in Korea.
The vaccine that arrived was a modifier or product that was approved for emergency use by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on day 18, and is known to have a quantity of approximately 1,000 doses.
The USFK will move the modifier or vaccine to the ‘Brian Allgood’ Hospital, a medical facility at Camp Humphreys, a US military base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, and then inoculate medical personnel and support personnel first according to guidelines of the Department of Defense of the United States. Modena vaccines should be given twice every 4 weeks.
Considering that it is the Christmas holidays, the vaccination is expected to start next week.
The US Department of Defense has announced that it will distribute the initial 44,000 doses of the new corona vaccine to 16 overseas military installations, including those in the US and Korea.
In the midst of this, in Korea, the number of new coronavirus cases per day reached a record high.
Korean quarantine authorities said on the 25th that the number of new confirmed cases per day reached 1,241 at 0 o’clock.
The number of around 1,000 people went up and down immediately to 1,200 people.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said in a comment at the Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters meeting held at the government office in Seoul, saying, “Unfortunately, a large-scale confirmed case occurred in the detention center. East of Seoul. “
According to quarantine authorities, 288 new confirmed cases were confirmed as a result of the second comprehensive inspection at the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul.
Currently, the Korean government is implementing special quarantine measures during the end of the year and the New Year holidays with the aim of banning gatherings of five or more people across the country, halting winter sports facilities and closing venues. where it dawns.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said: “It is a daily routine for people to meet and share affection during the last week after Christmas, but this year it is difficult to find such a figure anywhere in the world.” “Quarantine authorities and local governments.” Please treat it strictly. “
[녹취: 정세균 총리] “I hope that this period of special measures to strengthen the quarantine will be the last milestone to move the winter of hardship into the spring of hope.Quarantine authorities will also hold a meeting of the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters chaired by Prime Minister Chung on the 27th to discuss whether or not to raise ‘social distance’ in three stages.
If the rapid rise in new confirmed cases continues, it’s impossible to rule out the three-stage update.
The quarantine authorities, however, are also considering the possibility of a temporary phenomenon caused by a mass infection at the East Detention Center.
Tae-ho Yoon, head of the Accident Control Headquarters, said: “The East Seoul Detention Center is a matter that is managed within the quarantine network.” Said.
“If people refrain from meetings and movements during the special quarantine period during the end of the year and the New Year period and strictly follow the quarantine rules, a reversal trend will emerge early next year,” Yoon said, director of the future.
This is the news from the Seoul VOA, Kim Hwan-yong.
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