Fortunately, we have more vaccines. If the vaccine is delivered as originally planned, the vaccination schedule may change slightly. The vaccination for those aged 65 and over is a little delayed, but soldiers, police officers, and adults over 50 may get a little faster.
Reporter Yoon Young-tak will summarize in detail.
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The COVID-19 vaccine for which the introduction schedule has been confirmed so far is the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines given by Kovacs and 750,000 contracts from the AstraZeneca government.
Pfizer vaccines are expected to be available in the third quarter, including the Modena and Janssen vaccines in the second quarter.
Based on this, the government formulated an inoculation plan.
But there is a variable.
500,000 Pfizer vaccines will come in at the end of March and 3 million will arrive in the second quarter, and 20 million NovaVax vaccines will be introduced in the second quarter.
Let’s look at the vaccination plan.
Due to the controversy about the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the 65-year-old elderly, the elderly in nursing hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation facilities were slightly delayed to the second quarter.
However, as you can see, NovaVax and Pfizer have signed an additional vaccine, and the vaccine will be available in the second quarter.
Although it is supplied sequentially, it is more than 60 million people, except for the amount of Kobax, if calculated simply.
In the second quarter, vaccinations for all adults over the age of 65 are also scheduled.
There are a little less than 10 million people.
So there are also targets that can be hit quickly.
Adults over 50 years old, including those with chronic diseases in the third quarter, military police firefighters, and adults over 18 years old.
There are about 33 million people.
People who aren’t at high risk can be beaten earlier than expected.
The government decided to vaccinate them immediately in order when they were brought in.
I stand to make collective immunity even a little faster.
It is also the same with the announcement that the Pfizer vaccine, which is difficult to distribute, can be given to people over 65 years of age.
As in this case, if the vaccine introduction schedule is urgently scheduled, the policy is to promptly receive the next order after consulting an expert.
One key official said, “It is possible to inoculate more than 1 million people a day without difficulty due to the conditions in our country.”
The problem is that there is no vaccine, and what remains is not a problem to worry about.
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