President Moon Jae-in vaccinated AstraZeneca (AZ) at 9 am on the 23rd at a public health center in Jongno-gu, Seoul. This is the first AstraZeneca vaccine for people over 65 years of age. President Moon is 68 years old, and Mrs. Kim Jeong-suk is 66 years old.
President Moon Jae-in is receiving a vaccine against AstraZeneca (AZ)’s novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the Jongno-gu Health Center in Seoul on the morning of the 23rd. 2021.03.23. Blue House Photo Reporters
President Moon said, “Put the injection well. There is no problem at all,” he said. Following President Moon, Mrs. Kim, who was vaccinated, joked, “I’m just taking off my clothes while we’re all there.” President Moon’s couple wore short-sleeved clothes for public vaccinations that day.
President Moon’s vaccination took place ahead of his attendance at the G7 (7 major countries) summit in the UK on June 11-13. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) allows vaccines to be given first when leaving the country for essential purposes such as business trips. The second vaccination is scheduled to take place in mid-May.
Nine essential attendants of the summit, including the head of the National Security Office, Seo Hoon, also vaccinated the same day. The Blue House explained that 11 people, including the presidential couple, have been vaccinated because it is possible to vaccinate 11 times per bottle of vaccine. For this reason, President Moon said that he was inoculated with his staff at a public health center, not at the Armed Forces Seoul District Hospital in charge of the president.
President Moon checked the progress in the observation room for 30 minutes after vaccination that day, then returned to the Blue House and presided over a staff meeting for an hour and a half from 9:40.
AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine and syringe for the prevention of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) inoculated by President Moon Jae-in and Mrs. Kim Jeong-sook at the Jongno-gu Health Center in Seoul on the 23rd. News 1
Blue House spokesman Kang Min-seok said at a briefing that afternoon, “President Moon is in a comfortable state after vaccination.” President Moon said, “The nurse was really good at giving the injection, so I didn’t get sick,” he said. “The vaccination is proceeding smoothly, but we need to speed up the vaccination in order to return to our daily routine.”
The reason that the Blue House released the scene of President Moon’s vaccination on this day is interpreted as being aware of the controversy over the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. A key member of the Blue House said, “I do not have any doubts (about vaccines), and I hope to receive vaccination when the vaccination is in order,” and said, “Vaccination is not only protecting our own safety, but also our society as a whole.
Meanwhile, Ho-young Joo, the national power of the house, said on the day, “If there is any doubt about safety, the President should not show that he is correct, but should do more to ensure objective safety.” At the same time, he raised suspicion that “the actual number of vaccinations is less than 20,000 even though we have the ability to inoculate 1.15 million people a day.” did.
President Moon Jae-in is watching his wife Kim Jeong-suk’s vaccination after receiving AstraZeneca (AZ)’s new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine at the Jongno-gu Health Center in Seoul on the 23rd. Blue House Photo Reporters
Regarding this, an official at the Blue House said, “We do not respond to the opposition’s political offensive claims,” but said, “More than 93% of the first vaccination subjects have completed and even the second vaccination recipients have come out.”
The official also said, “We take the hearts of the people seriously and understand the public sentiment that demands the eradication of real estate speculation, especially in relation to the fall of President Moon’s approval rating. “We will continue to work on quarantine management and enhancing the vitality of the people’s livelihood economy.”
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