Accumulated vaccinations exceeded 500,000 for 13 days
It seems that over 1 million people will be hit this month
Denmark temporarily halts blood clot formation
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Senior citizens over 65 years of age are also given the AstraZeneca novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine. First of all, the vaccination will be administered during this month to 376,000 hospitalized, residents and workers aged 65 or older in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities. Since the initiation of vaccination, more than 1 million people are expected to complete the first vaccination within this month, as the vaccine was given to 5,063,500,000 people, 64% of the priority vaccination subjects for 13 days.
The COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team was able to prevent more than 70% of the hospitalization and progression of severity of the elderly infected with Corona 19 as a result of reviewing clinical trials of AstraZeneca vaccine for elderly people in the UK and Scotland by the 6th Vaccination Specialized Committee on the 11th day before. It was concluded that the vaccine would be given to the elderly over 65 years of age. In addition, in order to prevent the spread of the mutant virus from overseas, air crew members who frequently enter overseas but are exempt from self-isolation were newly included in the 2nd quarter vaccination targets.
As AstraZeneca vaccination is allowed for the elderly, the number of targets for vaccination in the first quarter of this year will increase to 1146,000, adding 376,000 elderly people to the 770,000 originally announced by the government. Since AstraZeneca vaccine can be stored at room temperature, it is expected to increase speed as it can be vaccinated at the sites of nursing hospitals and nursing facilities rather than specialized inoculation facilities. The government decided to change the schedule for the second vaccination appointment from 8 weeks to 10 weeks in consideration of the supply situation and effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Meanwhile, Danish health officials said that the vaccine was stopped for at least 14 days after a case of severe blood clots were reported among those vaccinated by AstraZeneca. The authorities drew a line that the correlation between the vaccine and the formation of blood clots was not confirmed, but explained that “there is a need to respond in a timely manner to serious side effects.” Denmark allowed the AstraZeneca vaccine to be vaccinated against elderly people over the age of 65 on the 5th.
/ Reporter Woo Young-tak [email protected]
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