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The government has prepared a vaccine vaccination plan for Corona 19 within this month and has a plan to begin vaccination as early as next month.
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been under review, and the Pfizer vaccine, which is expected to be introduced in the third quarter, is being negotiated to bring in faster.
This is reporter Jinwoo Lee.
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The number of foreign vaccines for Corona 19 secured by the government to date is 56 million people.
From the end of next month, we plan to vaccinate workers in high-risk medical institutions and elderly people living in nursing homes.
To this end, a license review for the AstraZeneca vaccine was initiated.
<김상봉 / 식품의약품안전처 바이오생약국장> “We plan to take priority over other nationally approved drugs, and within 20 days, it usually takes 2~3 months or more for national shipment approval…”
Upon completion of the review, Korea is expected to receive AstraZeneca vaccine produced by SK Bioscience, a domestic company.
Along with this, the government is negotiating to advance the Pfizer vaccination to the first half.
<정은경 / 중앙방역대책본부장> “The introduction of the mRNA vaccine from Pfizer is scheduled so that the quantity will be supplied from the third quarter. But in order to receive the supply of that part earlier…”
This is because the Pfizer vaccine is more effective in preventing COVID-19 than AstraZeneca.
However, the Pfizer vaccine has difficult distribution conditions that must be maintained at -70 degrees Celsius.
<백순영 / 가톨릭대의대 미생물학교실 명예교수> “Because the vaccination method and distribution method are all different, it is necessary to have all the appropriate rehearsal exercises on which vaccine will be applied to people with a certain priority and at what time…
The government has prepared’Corona 19 vaccine distribution and storage guidelines’ with the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and is securing cryogenic freezers necessary for storage.
It also plans to launch a vaccination response promotion team and announce a specific vaccination plan within this month.
This is Yonhap News TV, Lee Jin-woo. ([email protected])
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2021/01/04 20:44 sent