First shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine today… Full-scale inoculation the day after tomorrow

Input 2021.02.24 07:03

The domestic new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccination came two days in the future.

According to the quarantine authorities on the 24th, the first of 750,000 AstraZeneca vaccines (1.5 million doses) consigned by SK Bioscience in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do will be shipped this morning. The vaccine is delivered to the distribution center in Icheon, Gyeonggi after shipment declaration.

The vaccine to be shipped on this day is the quantity to be met by residents and workers under the age of 65 in nursing hospitals, nursing facilities, and mental care and rehabilitation facilities nationwide. Vaccines arriving at the distribution center are scheduled to be shipped one day later to health centers and nursing hospitals across the country from the 25th. However, the vaccine is expected to arrive on the 26th in Ulleungdo.

AstraZeneca vaccination starts at 9 am on Friday 26th. To date, about 289,000 people, including 18,659 people in nursing hospitals, and 10,2612 people in nursing homes and mental care and rehabilitation facilities, have requested vaccination so far. It accounts for 93.6% of all vaccination subjects. The AstraZeneca vaccine requires two doses, and it is expected to be completed within two quarters.

The quarantine authorities are also preparing vaccinations for workers in high-risk medical institutions and first responders to Corona 19. In March, AstraZeneca vaccination began for 354,039 health care workers such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and medical technicians working at senior hospitals, general hospitals, and hospitals, and 78513 people including 119 paramedics, epidemiological investigations, and quarantine personnel. do. The government has been checking the targets since the 18th, and plans to confirm the list soon after determining whether to consent to vaccination.

Separately, the Pfizer vaccine, which is supplied through the co-purchase international project’COVAX facility’, will arrive in Korea through Incheon International Airport as early as the 26th. The amount that arrives first is 58,500 out of the 10 million contracts with Kobax.

Pfizer vaccine will meet 55,000 medical staff working in hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases, treatment beds for severely ill patients, and life treatment centers from the 27th.

Vaccination Response Promotion Director Jung Eun-kyung (Director of Disease Control), Choi Won-seok, a professor of infectious medicine at Korea University Ansan Hospital, and Kim Joong-gon, a professor of pediatrics and adolescents at Seoul Medical Center, will provide information on what to know before vaccination and cases of adverse reactions abroad, etc. to be.