With more than 500,000 people being vaccinated against Corona 19, the government has decided to give the AZ vaccine to people over 65 years of age. From May, 3.5 million AstraZeneca vaccines will be introduced in Korea.
This is reporter Kim Deok-hyun.
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13 days after the start of the COVID-19 vaccination, the number of vaccinated people has exceeded 500,000.
64% of those who were given priority vaccinations in February and March completed the first vaccination.
The government has decided to expand the targets of AstraZeneca vaccination, currently under the age of 65, to those over the age of 65.
Yesterday (10th), the Vaccination Specialist Committee reviewed the results of overseas research, and recommended the use of the vaccine to people over 65 years of age.
[정세균/국무총리 : 접종 대상도 65세 이상으로 확대하겠습니다. 최근 고령층에 대한 효능을 충분히 입증해주는 자료가 영국에서 발표됐고….]
Accordingly, more than 376,000 inpatients and workers aged 65 or older in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities will receive the vaccine starting this month.
In addition, the government has decided to introduce an additional 3.5 million AstraZeneca vaccines from the end of May.
It is expected to speed up vaccination with a separate contract volume following 1.57 million people first introduced at the end of last month.
The authorities said they would recover and dispose of 770 vaccine doses from 7 medical institutions in which temperature deviations occurred due to neglect of management.
The number of adverse vaccine reactions increased to 6,800 yesterday, with 1,73 added yesterday, and no additional deaths were reported.
As the number of people complaining of symptoms such as fever after vaccination is increasing, there are claims that they should be given a day or two on vacation.
Health officials have developed a second quarter immunization plan and are expected to announce it next Monday.