From this week, Korea will also receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Four days later, the AstraZeneca vaccine starts at 9 am on Friday, and the next day, Pfizer vaccine will also be available.
In order to form group immunity by November of this year, which was targeted by the authorities, the vaccination rate must exceed 70%. First, reporter Nam Joo-hyun will tell you what variables will exist.
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About 40% of the 750,000 AstraZeneca vaccines that are first shipped in Korea the day after tomorrow (24th) will be delivered to public health centers and nursing hospitals nationwide from the 25th to the 28th.
Starting with the first vaccination at 9 am on the 26th, about 289,000 people including nursing hospital workers and residents are sequentially hit.
It is recommended to inoculate within 5 days after delivery, so the first vaccination for the first-ranked vaccinations is expected to be completed by the 5th of next month.
Next, from the 8th of next month, about 350,000 medical staff at senior hospitals, general hospitals, and hospital-level medical institutions will also receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.
About 59,000 Pfizer vaccines received through Cobax Facility will be vaccinated at the Central Vaccination Center the day after arrival.
94.6% of the subjects have consented to the vaccination.
The vaccine, which will be vaccinated this week, is about 809,000 people, and 1.6% of the Korean people can get it, and there is no set amount for additional introduction.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) believes that if the inoculation rate exceeds 70%, 56% of the people can achieve collective immunity by possessing antibodies, assuming an epidemic situation with an infection reproduction index of about 2.
In order to achieve the target population immunity in November, it is important to obtain a vaccine in time and raise the vaccination rate by more than 70%, but there is another variable.
[정은경/질병관리청장 : 변이 바이러스가 어느 정도 발생하고, 어느 정도 백신에 영향을 미치는지 등등의 요인이 집단면역을 달성하는 데 중요한 변수이고.]
The Economist Intelligent Unit, an economic analysis agency in the UK, predicts that Asian countries such as Korea will form collective immunity by the middle of next year.
(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Hwang Ji-young)