![On the 26th, when domestic vaccination of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine began, a nursing care worker at the Gwanak Dementia Specialized Nursing Center in Seoul is receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. [뉴스1]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/joongang_sunday/202102/27/c4c4f40b-454d-485e-8393-2376cfa028a2.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
On the 26th, when domestic vaccination of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine began, a nursing care worker at the Gwanak Dementia Specialized Nursing Center in Seoul is receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. [뉴스1]
“I was hit (vaccine) while looking forward to the daily routine of taking off my mask. I don’t want anything more if my family can gather together and have a conversation.”
402 days after a domestic confirmed case came out
11,813 people including nursing facility workers
No. 1 inoculation in Korea, “Anxiety disappears”
Over 70% of citizens have completed the first round by September
Heungdeok Woori Nursing Hospital in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do at 9 am on the 26th, when vaccination for a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) began nationwide. Kwak Se-geun (59), a resident of this hospital, laughed as he said about his feelings of receiving the Corona 19 vaccine as’Yongin City No. 1′. After checking Kwak’s blood pressure and body temperature, the doctor in charge of the vaccination said, “Any vaccination can cause fever or swelling.” “If you have any problems, please tell the nurse immediately.”
From that day on, 5266 residents and workers in 213 nursing facilities nationwide and some residents and workers in nursing hospitals began vaccinating AstraZeneca. An official from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, “As of 6 p.m., the number of inoculations was tentatively counted at 11,813. No serious adverse reactions have been reported.”
Vaccination is only 402 days, one year and 37 days, since January 20, last year when the first confirmed case in Korea was released. The long run for’restoration of daily life’ continues until the Korean people form collective immunity. The government’s goal is to complete the first vaccination for more than 70% of the population by September and form collective immunity in November.
Officials are transferring the Pfizer vaccine that arrived at Incheon Airport on the 26th. Airport Photo Reporters
The first inoculation in Korea came out of Seoul 15 minutes earlier than scheduled. Lee Kyung-soon, 61, a nursing care provider at Sanggye Nursing Home in Seoul, received the vaccine at 8:45 am at Nowon-gu Public Health Center. Mr. Lee said, “I was a little nervous in the morning, but it’s okay (now).” Among the subjects of AstraZeneca vaccination, 28,9480 people agreed as of the previous day. 93.7% of all subjects agreed. Nursing facility residents and workers go to the public health center to inoculate. In nursing facilities where there are residents with limited mobility, the health center vaccination team or doctors do’visit vaccination’. President Moon Jae-in and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) chief visited the Mapo-gu Health Center in Seoul this morning to observe the vaccination site.
58,500 Pfizer vaccines supplied by the international vaccine supply organization’Covax Facility’ also arrived at Incheon Airport this afternoon and delivered to five vaccination centers. Pfizer’s vaccine will begin vaccination for 55,000 people, including medical staff and workers in treatment hospitals. The government has so far secured a total of 79 million vaccines, including 10 million AstraZeneca, 13 million Pfizer, and 20 million modders.
Yongin = Reporter Chae Hye-sun, reporter Kim Min-wook and Lee Garam [email protected]
