Ministry of Public Administration and Security “Before Lunar New Year, the first vaccination was introduced…

Input 2021.01.21 16:02

The government will designate and operate 250 vaccination centers nationwide for vaccination against the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), which is expected to enter Korea for the first time in the beginning of next month.

In an online briefing on the 21st, Park Jong-hyun, the safety communication officer of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, said, “The schedule for introducing the vaccine has been advanced from the end of February to the beginning of February. We are in a hurry,” he said.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security, together with local governments, is in charge of preparing and implementing vaccinations, such as designating and operating consigned medical institutions and vaccination centers. About 10,000 consigned medical institutions that conduct vaccination and 250 vaccination centers are designated and operated.

Park said, “In the case of a consigned medical institution, there is no big problem with designation as it is necessary to select an appropriate 10,000 out of the 20,000 hospitals previously designated for flu vaccination.” The goal is to do it,” he said.

One or more vaccination centers per city, county, or ward (gu is based on administrative districts), and three in places with a population of 500,000 or more. Considering that as many as 3,000 people are inoculated a day, the inoculation center is capable of natural ventilation and has a sufficient area for distance. Self-powered facilities for 24-hour operation of cryogenic freezers Easy to secure waiting facilities before and after vaccination Detailed standards were set to meet requirements such as good transportation convenience. Accordingly, large-scale public facilities such as gymnasiums and civic centers were first used, and △ sports grounds △ parks △ performance halls were also selected as candidate sites.

“Of the 150 candidate sites that were received up to the previous day, 93 indoor gyms, 30 performance and cultural facilities, 12 medical facilities, 10 idle areas, sports grounds, parks, and 5 government offices,” said Park. After the candidates are submitted, they will be reviewed with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and final selection will be made early next week.”

He said, “If there is no appropriate place in the jurisdiction that satisfies the vaccination center standards, we are considering a method of jointly using the vaccination centers adjacent to the vaccination center.” It is also possible to operate a shuttle bus,” he added.