The quarantine authorities did not select a specific person, saying that all people who received the vaccine at the same time this morning (26th) are the 1st vaccinators. The intention was to put more significance on the start of the vaccination itself, but nowon-gu, Seoul, started vaccination 15 minutes earlier than other places, and then promoted it as the first inoculation in Korea.
Reporter Ho-Geon Lee covered this content.
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Seoul Nowon-gu Health Center.
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In Nowon-gu, a nursing care worker got the first vaccine.
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However, Nowon-gu published a publicity press release saying that this is the nation’s first vaccination.
The actual vaccination time was 8:45 a.m., 15 minutes earlier than the other places where vaccination was started around 9 o’clock.
With the starting time of vaccination at 9 o’clock, it has made the quarantine authorities’ meaning to consider that all those who received the vaccination on the first day are considered to be the number 1 vaccinations has been overshadowed.
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An official from the city of Seoul even said that he did not know that Nowon-gu, a local government that has jurisdiction over it, would advance the vaccination time.
The controversy over whether he was trying to get the modifier for the first time in the country was unreasonable, and Nowon-gu worked all night and explained that it was frivolous to publish a promotional material saying that it was the’first in the country’. .
The Blue House, which has been conscious of the political battles surrounding the 1st inoculum, once again announced that all vaccinations today are the 1st inoculations, and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also hastened to evolve, saying that the vaccination time may vary depending on the circumstances of the vaccination institution .
(Video editing: Ha Seong-won, VJ: Kim Hyeong-jin)