Professor Ki Moran, National Cancer Center (Chairman of the Corona 19 Countermeasure Committee, Korean Society for Preventive Medicine). Provided by Professor Kim Moran
On the 25th, “Korea has no effect” regarding the global vaccine supply disruption, Professor Ki Moran, who is the chairman of the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, Corona 19 (new coronavirus infection) countermeasures.
Professor Ki appeared at TBS Kim Eo-jun’s news factory on the same day and said, “(Vaccine production in each country) is usually first used in its own country and the rest is exported. So this production is all set for certain countries.”
He continued, “We will get it at AstraZeneca in Korea (no problem)” he explained. A fire at AstraZeneca’s India plant and problems with the expansion of Pfizer’s Belgian plant have disrupted vaccine supply in Europe and the United States.
However, he emphasized that it is not related to the supply of vaccines in other countries, since Korea inoculates in quantities produced by SK Bioscience, a consignment production facility of AstraZeneca.
Professor Ki said, “India (the vaccine production plant) is on fire, but the supply and demand inside India is still the same.” ) I am using it for vaccination,” he said.
“Additional contract for 20 million people with NovaVax vaccine”
President Moon Jae-in attends the’Corona 19 Vaccine Company Video Conference’ held at the SK Bioscience Factory in Andong, Gyeongbuk on the morning of the 20th, and is making a video call with Stanley Erck, CEO of NovaVax, a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine production company. Newsis
Professor Ki said that he will sign a contract to receive an additional 20 million doses of NovaVax vaccine. NovaVax has not yet completed clinical trials, but it is known that it is the safest and most convenient vaccine among vaccines available so far.
He said, “(NovaVax) is in phase 3, and from the beginning, we talked about it as the most reliable vaccine among several vaccines,” he said. “Since it is a protein recombination method used for hepatitis B, it is reliable in terms of side effects, and it has a shelf life of 3 due to refrigerated distribution. It’s long until about a year,” he stressed.
Professor Ki said that it has secured a vaccine for 76 million people, which is more than the population so far. With that background, he explained, “There are no vaccine clinical trial results for adolescents yet, but if the results come out within this year, adolescents should also be vaccinated in the future.” “Although there are stories of mutant viruses, we still do not know the validity period of the vaccine itself,” he said. “If this period is less than a year, there may be situations in which additional vaccinations are required immediately at the end of the year.”
“Pfizer vaccine in early February will be hit by medical staff in a large center”
On the 19th (local time), at a vaccine center in Germany, medical staff are holding a vial of vaccine for Pfizer-Bioentech’s novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Frankfurt = AP Newsis
Regarding the start of Pfizer vaccination in early February, Prof. Ki said, “You have to come to a large (spaced) center equipped with a refrigeration system and get fit.” “There are 256 municipal health centers in Korea, and 250 centers are located in local governments. We are preparing an official letter to prepare,” he said.
Professor Ki said that the vaccine will be applied from medical staff who treat patients with Corona 19. “(The medical staff) will have a good understanding of the vaccine, and there will be few very old people,” he explained. “In the US, in the case of Pfizer, there is one person per 100,000 people in Pfizer’s case,” he added. “I have.”
Professor Ki explained, “At first, the vaccination will be done slowly,” and “You have to start the method very carefully.”
On the other hand, in the case of AstraZeneca vaccine, which will be vaccinated for high-risk groups around the end of February, Professor Ki said, “There is no need to do it at the center. People who are there mainly in nursing hospitals, workers, and people who are there, or directly in the hospital,” he said.
Professor Ki said that the number of corona19 confirmed patients did not decrease in the 400 range, “the number itself was so large” and “the number of infected reproductions is now 0.79, which is decreasing by 80% every 4 days.”
Regarding the social distancing adjustment, Professor Ki said, “It seems difficult to delay the stage right now. In fact, the amount of movement has increased a little. It would be nice if we could lower the (level) a little before the New Year, but it would be a little difficult.”
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