Kyung-sil Jeong, head of the COVID-19 vaccination management
“Under the age of 18, pregnant women do not have clinical results.
“After receiving the vaccination reservation information, you can select the time and place”
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyung is announcing the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccination system at the briefing room of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Cheongju, Chungbuk on the 28th. Cheongju = News 1
At the start of the new semester in March, in response to concerns about the need to hurry to vaccination against the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccination for education and childcare workers, Kyung-sil Chung, head of the vaccination management team, He said, “We will be vaccinated in the third quarter.”
On the 29th, at MBC Radio’Kim Jong-bae’s attention,’ asked whether’educational care workers’ should also be eligible for the priority vaccination, said “Education and childcare workers are also in the vaccination ranking.” You can get it in the third quarter (after July), before starting the program,” he explained.
When asked whether education and childcare workers can not receive vaccinations at the beginning of the semester, he said, “The timing of the vaccine delivery has not been decided yet.” “He said.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the corona 19 vaccination plan the day before. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, four pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca, Modena, Janssen, and Pfizer) and the international vaccine co-purchase agreement’Covax Facility’ signed a pre-purchase agreement for a total of 56 million vaccines.
It was introduced in stages from February, and domestic vaccinations of AstraZeneca in the first quarter, Janssen and Modena in the second quarter, and Pfizer vaccine in the third quarter, respectively, will begin.
The order of vaccination of this vaccine has a high risk of death or serious development, maintains essential functions in the medical or quarantine system, and is given priority to those who are exposed to group infections, Jung explained.
“People who will receive the first vaccination are medical staff and workers working in hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases and severe treatment beds that treat corona19 patients,” said Jung. He continued, “For those aged 65 or older, the vaccination will begin in the second quarter, April to June, and general adults aged 18 to 64 will receive the vaccination from the second half.”
Regarding the exclusion of women under the age of 18 and pregnant women from the general vaccination target, he explained that “children and adolescents under the age of 18 and pregnant women are excluded from the vaccination because they were not included in the clinical trial during this vaccine development process.”
“General adult vaccination targets in the second half of the year, cannot choose a vaccine”
On the 27th at a general hospital in Yangon, the old capital of Myanmar, medical staff are preparing for the vaccination of AstraZeneca’s novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine,’Coby Shield’. EPA Yonhap News
When asked,’Is the initial vaccination starting at the end of February?’, he said, “I’m not sure yet.” “If the vaccine coming from Kovax Facility comes in before AstraZeneca, the vaccination will start earlier than at the end of February. “You can, and if this is late, the vaccination will start with AstraZeneca.”
In addition, two types of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines will be available in February from Kovacs Facility, but it is reported that the supply timing and quantity have not been confirmed yet.
Captain Chung also explained about the vaccinations of adults after the vaccination of priority vaccination subjects was over. He said, “After the first vaccination is over, it will be guided through various methods to those who fall under the criteria, such as age.” It is done,” he explained.
He added, “You can’t choose the vaccine (the person who will be vaccinated), but you will be able to choose when and where.”
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