[사회]More than 80,000 cumulative patients…”Caution for use of AstraZeneca 65 years or older”

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The number of new confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Korea came down to 300 a day.

However, there are many variables to be considered as stable, and the government has repeatedly emphasized the cooperation of all the people to block the’March pandemic’ in advance.

Among these results, it was found that the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is scheduled to be introduced in Korea, requires’use caution’ for those over 65 to receive vaccination.

Connect reporters. Reporter Seung-Hoon Lee!

First, a little while ago, the Central Pharmacist Review Committee of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety recommended a conditional approval for AstraZeneca vaccine. Let’s start with this.

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The conclusion of the consultation of the’Central Pharmacy Review Committee’ is the recommendation of’conditional acceptance’ of AstraZeneca vaccine.

First, the Central Pharmacy Review Board decided that the vaccine should be administered twice every 4 to 12 weeks.

Regarding the effect of the efficacy of the over 65 years of age, which is the most interesting, he advised that the precautions for use should reflect the fact that “Vaccination over 65 should be carefully determined.”

In addition, it was recommended to submit data for analysis of the results of US clinical trials for later vaccinations for people aged 65 or older.

The Yaksim Committee stated that vaccination during pregnancy was not recommended, and it was also suggested to describe in the cautionary notes that it was not known whether this drug was secreted into breast milk.

In the end, the opinion of the Central Pharmacy Review Committee is that, first, the item is approved under the condition of submitting the results of the clinical trial currently in progress, but the’AstraZeneca Vaccination’ is appropriate for those aged 18 to 65 years old.

In addition, it is interpreted that those 65 years of age or older recommended that vaccination should be performed after discussing the safety of the’Vaccination Specialized Committee’ rather than immediately vaccination.

The final approval of AstraZeneca vaccine is decided by holding the’Final Inspection Committee’ based on the results of this consultation.

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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun also mentioned in the morning regarding the introduction of the vaccine, right?

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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun started the meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters in the morning, and said that the procedure related to the introduction of vaccines is proceeding without a hitch.

However, following the recommendation of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety regarding the introduction of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the morning, in the afternoon,’the approval of the domestic No. 1 Corona 19 antibody treatment will be decided’, and expectations for these treatments and vaccinations raised our vigilance about quarantine. He stressed that it was difficult to loosen it.

In particular, the government once again emphasized’restriction of moving and observing the rules of keeping distance during the Lunar New Year holidays’, noting that there are already many reservations for accommodation facilities in major tourist sites, although the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 80,000 as of today.

However, the government is considering whether to adjust some of the quarantine rules in relation to the distance, but it was decided to be announced after sufficient discussion at the main script meeting tomorrow.

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You said that the cumulative number of patients now exceeds 80,000, but please summarize the trend of new patients per day confirmed so far.

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There are a total of 370 new cases today.

The cumulative number of patients exceeded 80,000 to 80,131.

There were 351 new cases in Korea and 19 cases from overseas.

By region, 257 patients in the metropolitan area, including 126 in Seoul and 122 in Seoul.

Outside the metropolitan area, there are 33 in Busan and 14 in Gwangju.

The number of deaths is still high, with 11 new deaths a day confirmed, while the number of seriously ill patients decreased by 11

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

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