Ahead of the COVID-19 vaccine vaccination, which begins in February, officials are monitoring the temperature maintenance and security status of the COVID-19 vaccine cryogenic storage center at the integrated control center of the Korea cryogenic distribution center located in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do on the 26th. yunhap news
The government has revealed a plan for vaccination against the corona19 vaccine for all citizens starting in February. The government aims to achieve collective immunity by vaccinating 70% of the citizens by November, starting with 50,000 medical staff who are treating corona19 patients. Looking at the’Covid-19 vaccination plan for daily recovery,’ announced by the government on the 28th, the first target groups to receive the vaccine were workers in the treatment hospital for COVID-19 patients, and hospitalized, residents, and workers in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities. From February, the first quarter of this year, 49,000 people, including doctors and nurses in a hospital dedicated to the Corona 19 base, and 780,000 people related to nursing hospitals and facilities will be vaccinated. From mid-March, 440,000 people including health care workers working in senior hospitals, general hospitals, and hospitals that are frequented by severely ill patients, 119 paramedics, epidemiological investigations, quarantine personnel, specimen examination and transfer personnel, who are the first responders to Corona 19. Get an inoculation. From May, the second quarter, vaccinations begin for 8.5 million elderly people 65 years of age or older. 900,000 residents and workers in facilities vulnerable to Corona19, such as the elderly, the disabled, and homeless, were also included in the target for the second quarter vaccination. 380,000 health care workers working in hospitals and pharmacies that are not high-risk medical institutions are also eligible for vaccination in the second quarter. In the 3rd and 4th quarter, vaccinations are provided for all citizens, including adults aged 50 to 64, chronically ill adults, soldiers, police, fire and social infrastructure workers, children and youth education and childcare facilities workers, and adults aged 18 to 49. Among the target groups grouped by quarter, which target group will receive the vaccine first, it will be confirmed later. Children, adolescents and pregnant women have decided not to vaccinate once, but depending on the clinical results, they may be vaccinated. The government plans to inoculate the Pfizer and Modena vaccine, an mRNA vaccine, at 250 vaccination centers nationwide, and the AstraZeneca vaccine and Janssen vaccine, which are viral vector vaccines, at about 10,000 designated private medical institutions. For the elderly living in group living facilities such as nursing homes, one team per health center is provided to provide’visit vaccination services’ to inoculate them. The government has set a goal of completing vaccinations for more than 70% of the population by November to form collective immunity. In particular, it will finish the second vaccination until November, when the influenza epidemic begins. Even if they are not subject to the priority vaccination, only those who need to leave the country urgently due to essential public affairs and important economic activities will be given priority vaccination after strict certification from the relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Industry, Medium and Foreign Affairs. If the vaccination is rejected during the vaccination period, the vaccination rank is pushed last. By Kim Ji-hoon, staff reporter [email protected]