[사회]Pfizer’s second dose of vaccination started for medical staff…”treatment without worrying about infection”

[앵커]

Today, three weeks after the Pfizer vaccination began, a second vaccination was given to the first vaccinations.

The medical staff who received the vaccination today also expressed their anticipation that they would be able to take care of the patient without worrying about infection.

There is a reporter on the site where the 2nd Pfizer vaccination is taking place. Reporter Jung Hyun-woo!

A second dose of Pfizer vaccine is in progress, right?

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Yes, it is.

Three weeks ago, the first dose of Pfizer vaccine in Korea was conducted at the Central Vaccination Center here.

Pfizer’s’No. 1 vaccinators’ who have waited 3 weeks after the last vaccination are scheduled for a second vaccination by 4 pm today.

Today, the 2nd vaccination target was about 320 people, including medical staff and administrative staff at the National Medical Center.

Let’s listen to the feelings of the nurse in the intensive care unit, who have completed both vaccinations.

[임효상 / 국립중앙의료원 감염중환자실 간호사 : 감염원에 가장 많이 노출돼 있다고 생각해서 걱정이 컸는데 이번에 2차 접종을 해서 다른 환자를 대할 때 조금은 두려움에서 벗어나지 않을까….]

The quarantine authorities explain that those who have completed the second dose of Pfizer will have enough COVID-19 antibodies in two weeks.

Up to now, about 56,000 people, including workers in the Corona 19 treatment hospital, have received the first injection of Pfizer.

It is about 85% of the 60,000 Pfizer vaccination targets nationwide.

For the 1st inoculation, the National Medical Center provides the 2nd vaccination until the 2nd of the following month.

Each regional vaccination center is scheduled to have a second vaccination plan by the 10th of the following month in each corona19 treatment ward until the 30th.

As the preventive effect of Pfizer’s vaccine, which has been confirmed in clinical trials, exceeds 95%, there are reactions that the path to collective immunity is approaching one step at a time.

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Then, when will the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was started prior to the Pfizer vaccine, begin?

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Yes, AstraZeneca vaccination started on the 26th of last month, one day earlier than Pfizer vaccination.

Unlike Pfizer, which takes three weeks apart, the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine requires 10 to 12 weeks from the first dose.

The second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has hit 610,000 people, is expected to begin in late April to May.

Corona 19 vaccinations are in order, and 84% of the 650,000 people who will be vaccinated in the first quarter will receive the first injection and are waiting for the second vaccination.

There are also plans for the first vaccination in the second quarter.

First of all, seniors over 65 are also eligible for vaccination.

From the 23rd, the vaccination will begin for residents and workers in nursing homes and nursing facilities from the 30th.

In the first week of April, seniors living in elderly facilities excluding nursing homes receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, and seniors over 75 years of age outside the facility receive the Pfizer vaccine.

Vaccinations for special education workers and health teachers in elementary and secondary schools are also scheduled in the first week of April.

In addition, the quarantine authorities have also devised a plan to receive an application for vaccination when going abroad for important public affairs and economic activities, even if they are not subject to vaccination.

So far, YTN Jung Hyun-woo at the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul[[email protected]]is.

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