[사회]Why are the nursing homes infected?…”Danger until group immunity”

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A group infection has occurred in a nursing home that is the priority target for the Corona 19 vaccine.

The quarantine authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations, saying that there may be a mixture of vaccinated and non-vaccinated people.

Even if you get the vaccine, you still have a risk of infection until you develop a population immunity, so you need to be careful.

This is reporter Hyungwon Lee.

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The vaccine vaccination for Corona 19, which started last month, has been carried out in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities.

It targeted 270,000 people, including residents and workers under the age of 65.

[배경택 / 코로나19 예방접종대응추진단 상황총괄반장 : 요양병원은 17만 6,760명, 접종률은 86.6%이고, 요양시설은 8만 3,727명이 접종하여 77.1%….]

Nevertheless, the risk of corona 19 infection could not be avoided.

In a nursing home in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, a bunch of confirmed patients came out.

After the first confirmation on the 10th, an additional 10 people were tested positive in the contact investigation.

[박영준 / 중앙방역대책본부 박영준 역학조사팀장 : 접종한 사람들이 일부 있는데도 환자가 발생한다는 것 또 유행이 발생한다는 것은 아직 접종률이 충분히 집단면역을 형성할 정도로 유지되지 않은 상황….]

It means that the impact of the facility’s inoculation rate should also be considered.

Even if everyone has been vaccinated, it does not mean that the possibility of infection will disappear.

[천은미 / 이대목동병원 호흡기내과 교수 : 예방 접종 후에 최소한 2주가 지나야지만 일부에서 항체가 형성되고, 나이가 많으신 분들은 면역 반응 자체가 약하기 때문에 평균적인 백신 예방률보다 낮게 나올 수 있습니다.]

It is still in the first vaccination stage, and the prevention effect is not 100%, so caution is needed.

Experts advised to follow basic rules such as washing hands and wearing a mask even after two weeks after vaccination.

YTN Hyungwon Lee [[email protected]]is.

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