Jeon Jeon-cheol, the second deputy head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (Minister of Public Administration and Security), speaks at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting in response to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) held at the Government Complex 2 in Sejong on the 8th. yunhap news
About half of the target population was vaccinated 10 days after the start of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccination. Among them, 1.2% reported adverse reactions, but most were mild.
On the 8th, the second deputy head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Minister of Public Administration and Security) said, “The vaccination started on the 26th of the last month went smoothly, and until the 7th, the 10th day of vaccination, 316,865 People were vaccinated.” First of all, it is 41.5% of the target population for vaccination. He added, “There were 3,900 adverse reactions reported during the vaccination period, but most of them are mild symptoms such as headache and fever,” he said. “After vaccination, deaths and cases of suspected anaphylaxis are investigated for causality through epidemiological investigations.” Anaphylaxis is a systemic allergic reaction caused by an immune response. In addition, a total of 11 cases of death after vaccination have been confirmed so far.
The quarantine authorities once again emphasized the vaccination goal of ’10 million in the first half’. Jeon 2nd Deputy Chief said, “In addition to the existing 5 vaccination centers, we will install 67 additional vaccination centers by April, so that vaccination can be carried out safely and quickly.” It plans to complete vaccinations for 1.3 million people, including hospitals and high-risk medical institution workers and nursing hospitals and workers, within the first quarter, and 9 million people living in vulnerable facilities, such as the elderly 65 years or older, and the disabled and homeless, by the second quarter. The aim of the quarantine authorities is to achieve “70% collective immunity for all citizens” in November, starting in the third quarter of vaccination for adults.
He said, “Recently, cases of receiving vaccines in an unlawful manner have been confirmed in some nursing hospitals, even though they are not eligible for first vaccination. As this is an act that harms the effectiveness and reliability of vaccination, you will be punished according to the revised infectious disease prevention method.” Emphasized.
They expressed concern about the third pandemic, which rarely catches fire. “The number of confirmed coronavirus patients has been in the 300-400 range for the second week, and 70-80% of the total patients are coming out of the metropolitan area, where the population is concentrated. It’s not time to take it off,” he said. There were 346 new confirmed cases on this day. Since 415 people occurred on the 27th of last month, it has hardly been able to descend below 300 people.
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