[사회]490 new confirmed people…”General national vaccination starting in April, the elderly over 65 years old first”

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The number of new corona 19 confirmed cases has approached the 500 level on the second day.

Among these, general national vaccinations starting next month are given priority to the elderly among 65 years of age or older.

I will connect reporters. Reporter Seung-yoon Lee!

You say that the number of new confirmed cases has not decreased and is close to 500?

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As of today 0 o’clock, there are 490 new patients with Corona 19 in Korea.

The number of people decreased by 14 from the previous day and recorded 400 people for five days in a row.

In the past week, the average number is over 400 per day.

In terms of infection route, domestic outbreaks were 474 and foreign inflows were 16.

By region, there are 324 people in the metropolitan area alone, with 138 people in Seoul, 160 in Gyeonggi, and 26 in Incheon.

Of these, 68 were positive at the temporary screening test in the metropolitan area.

In the non-metropolitan area, Gyeongnam was the largest with 61, followed by Gangwon with 16, Busan with 17, and Chungbuk with 16 with a total of 150.

The number of people who died from Corona 19 increased by 5 to a cumulative 1,667, and the number of severely ill patients was 126.

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Please tell me the vaccination situation.

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Yesterday, 35,000 people were vaccinated a day.

The cumulative number of inoculations exceeded 583,000.

Reports of adverse reactions after vaccination increased by 674 a day.

Among them, 7 cases of serious suspicion such as convulsions and 73 cases of’anaphylaxis’, which is a severe systemic allergic reaction, were suspected.

Also, there was no new report of death after vaccination.

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General national vaccinations will take place next month?

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Yes, it is.

General national vaccinations starting next month are given priority to the elderly among 65 years of age or older.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced that it will start vaccination for the general public, as well as residents and medical staff in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities starting next month.

In particular, among the elderly over 65, the elderly are considered first, and the vaccination plan, including the specific scope and timing of the target, will be explained at the beginning of next week.

Earlier, the vaccination promotion team decided on a policy to announce the vaccination schedule for the second quarter of the coming 15th.

Meanwhile, the script said that the average number of Corona19 patients per day for the past week has exceeded the level of 440, and was concerned that the number of patients in the metropolitan area reached 75%.

YTN Lee Seung-yoon at the Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]is.

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