On the afternoon of the 21st, Jung Eun-kyung, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is speaking at the second meeting of the Corona 19 Vaccination Uijeongbu Joint Committee held at the Korea Health Promotion Development Institute in Jung-gu, Seoul. yunhap news
The quarantine authorities remarked, “Is the head of state the subject of the experiment?” Remarks of Democratic Party Member Chung Cheong-rae“The expression is not appropriate,” he said. In a regular briefing on the 22nd, Jung Eun-kyung, head of the central quarantine countermeasures headquarters, said at a regular briefing, “The current vaccination is to be vaccinated with a vaccine that has been approved for safety and effectiveness through clinical trials. So, all the people who get vaccination are not subject to the experiment, no matter who they are,” he said. “I don’t think that expression is appropriate.” Commissioner Chung continued, “When the public’s anxiety about vaccination is high and concerns are raised, if someone is judged that it is necessary to give a vaccination in order to relieve the anxiety of the public a little more I think such vaccinations can be done at any time,” he said. “Our health care organization is also giving us a willingness to do such vaccinations at any time.” Chung added, “However, this is not the current situation, and the consent rate for vaccinations has been quite high, so we will proceed with vaccinations in a fair manner in accordance with the sequence.” When asked, “If you are confirmed after refusing to receive the Corona 19 vaccination, will you request reimbursement from those people?” Commissioner Chung said, “Vaccination is performed based on the consent of the person. There is currently no such target that is subject to mandatory vaccination,” he said. “Even if the vaccination was rejected and the vaccination was confirmed, there is currently no plan to claim reimbursement for additional transmission caused by it.” In his remarks at the conclusion of the briefing, Commissioner Chung said, “There seems to be a lot of concerns about the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine. As mentioned earlier in the vaccination plan, the AstraZeneca vaccine is an inoculation vaccine that has been confirmed to be safe and effective. However, since the number of participants in such clinical trials that can confirm the effect is small in those over 65 years old, the vaccine is given after confirming the evidence for a more precise effect. “We have adjusted some of the vaccination order.” He continued “More than 95% of workers in nursing hospitals, nursing facilities, and corona patient treatment hospitals, where vaccination takes place first, consent to vaccination.He said, “Vaccination is a personal choice, but I am deeply grateful for knowing that you made the informed consent decision to protect the most vulnerable elderly and patients of Corona 19 from infection.” By Seo Hye-mi, staff reporter [email protected]