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Geoje’s local ‘Pfizer Vaccine’ vaccination will take place at Geoje City Vaccination Center (Geoje City Gymnasium) starting on the 15th.
This vaccination is drawing the attention of citizens since it is the first case of vaccination of the ‘AstraZeneca’ vaccine and the ‘Pfizer’ vaccination, which is a different type of vaccination aimed at the first vaccinated people.
Initially, the city of Geoje tried to start vaccinating Pfizer in early April, but the spread of the infection in the corona area within the region was so severe that the inoculation center used it as a screening clinic, and it was reported that the installation of the facility was delayed and delayed.
This is because according to government policy, mRNA vaccines such as Pfizer and Modena must be equipped with cryogenic freezers, communications, electricity and general facilities, and only if they are rated in the evaluation of the effectiveness of cryogenic refrigerators. .
According to the public health center, the results of the evaluation of the effectiveness of the cryocooler at the Geoje Vaccination Center are expected to be available until day 4, and the actual allocation of Pfizer vaccines is expected to proceed from day 5, and is the required amount of vaccine is expected to be allocated prior to the vaccination start date in the second trimester.
The targets for this second quarter, as of day 5, are 9,659 people aged 75 years and over (born before December 31, 1946), and people with disabilities or serious underlying diseases are excluded from vaccination.
In particular, the public health center is receiving a vaccination agreement from an elderly man aged 75 years or older who lives in the community at the Myeon-Dong Community Center for a fluid vaccination, and plans to conduct a mock training on the 7th.
In addition, the public health center plans to limit the number of vaccinations to 600 people per day to reduce congestion caused by vaccines, and plans to operate a shuttle bus to and from each region and vaccination center according to vaccination dates for each area.
The Geoje region started the first AstraZeneca vaccination in the region on the morning of February 26, and since the 5th of last month, 2,116 people under the age of 65 received the first vaccination. The second vaccination is scheduled for the next 30 days.
After the evaluation of the efficacy of the first trimester vaccination, the range has been expanded and the vaccinations are in progress sequentially, and the vaccination interval for vaccination with AstraZeneca has been changed from 8 weeks to 10 weeks depending on the case. that the effect increases as the vaccination period. increases.
In the second trimester, priority will be given to vaccinations for people aged 75 and over, which has a high priority, and vaccinations are expected for people aged 65 and over and those who work in medical institutions and centers. in-home welfare for the elderly will be available in May. Third-trimester vaccination for chronically ill patients and adults ages 19-64 is expected to be available only after July. In the fourth quarter, the vaccination of unvaccinated and secondary vaccines will continue, and will be completed in November for citizens of Geoje over 18 years of age, excluding children, adolescents and pregnant women.
An official from the public health center said: “The Geoje City Gymnasium, which will be used as the Geoje City Vaccination Center, has been divided into screening clinics and vaccination centers for citizen vaccination since April 30. last month, and started equipping facilities the first one. ” He said: “We are planning the vaccination and the shuttle bus operation for each area up to 15 days before the vaccination start date, after 7 days of simulated training.”
Additional text | This article was also published in the newspaper Geoje.
