On the first day, the vaccination at the public health center ended around 5pm, about two and a half hours ago. We will connect with reporter Ahn Sang-woo, who was interviewed from the morning at the Dobong-gu Health Center in Seoul, and listen to what was going on today (26th).
Reporter Ahn Sang-woo, first of all, how many people were vaccinated there today?
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Yes, at the Dobong-gu Health Center in Seoul, where I am, 58 people were vaccinated from 9 am to 5 pm.
About 8 people per hour were right, which is definitely slow compared to other regular vaccinations.
The distance must also be observed, and because it is the first vaccination, the observation time after diagnosis or vaccination has increased.
Some nursing facility workers went to the public health center here to receive the vaccination today as scheduled, but during the pre-examination process, they delayed the vaccination and returned.
Health authorities are scheduled to inoculate 5,266 residents and workers in nursing homes today, but the final number of vaccinations is still unknown.
Apart from nursing facilities, the vaccine was delivered to 292 nursing hospitals yesterday, and today it is reported that a large number of in-house vaccinations were made through doctors in nursing hospitals.
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It’s a day off from tomorrow until next Monday, verse 3/1, but is the public health center closed for three days?
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Yes, it is a three-day holiday from tomorrow. During this period, most public health centers do not give the vaccine.
This is because it is difficult to respond quickly if an adverse reaction occurs during vaccination during the holiday season.
In addition, there were nursing hospitals and facilities that watched the reactions from the first vaccination person and then said that they would re-inoculate more safely after the holidays.
So, the vaccination at the public health center or the vaccination visited by the health center medical staff is expected to resume in earnest from the 2nd of the month following the holiday.
The health authorities plan to gradually increase the amount of inoculation and finish the first dose of the target 289,000 people within the next month.
(Video coverage: Lee Seung-hwan, video editing: Lee Hong-myeong)