[LIVE 업데이트]Vaccination… “It’s the same time to get the flu vaccine”

A little over 9 am on the 26th, employees of the Haeundae-gu Health Center in Busan, wearing white gowns, welcomed a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccination on the first floor. After going through identification procedures, the vaccinators entered the inoculation room on the first floor in turn and received the Corona 19 vaccine (AstraZeneca).

The first inoculation at the Haeundae-gu Public Health Center is Kim Soon-i (57), the head of the nursing department at a nursing home in Haeundae-gu. Kim arrived at the public health center around 9:15 am in a nursing home car with a nursing home worker and patient. When they were vaccinated, the access of other outsiders was strictly controlled.

After completing the vaccination, Mr. Kim said, “I voluntarily said that I would get the vaccine, but I learned yesterday that it was No. 1,” he said. He continued, “Because I am a vaccination person, I feel relieved. In the future, I will keep the quarantine rules thoroughly,” he said. “I feel no more than the flu vaccine, and I am not sick at all,” he smiled. He left the public health center, saying, “There may be anxiety about the vaccine, but I hope all the people are right.” (Full article below Go to full article click)

AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccination started at 9:30 am on the 26th at Heeyeon Nursing Hospital in Changwon, Gyeongnam. The 1st inoculation in this hospital is Kim Min-tae (41), head of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Kim said, “In fact, I had a fear of vaccination, but I was afraid that I could spread the corona to others because I didn’t get the vaccine, so I got the first dose.” (Full article below Go to full article click)

Changwon = Reporter Sungwook Wi [email protected]

“I am relieved to get the Corona 19 vaccine, and I thank the government authorities and local governments for their efforts to get the vaccine.”

Lee Gyeong-soon (61), who was vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the Nowon-gu Health Center in Seoul on the morning of the 26th, said: Mr. Lee is working as a nursing care worker at Sanggye Nursing Home.

From this day on, the corona 19 vaccination began in Korea. It has been 403 days since the first corona 19 confirmed in Korea on January 20 last year. On the 26th, the quarantine authorities will first inoculate residents and workers under the age of 65, such as nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, and from the 27th to hospital workers who directly treat corona19 patients. The target audience was 289,000 people who were hospitalized, residents and workers in 4156 nursing hospitals nationwide and 4156 nursing homes.

The vaccine used on the 26th day of vaccination was AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine. Since the results of clinical trials related to the population aged 65 and older were insufficient, vaccination under the age of 65 was recommended, so Lee, a nursing care provider, 61 years old was selected as the first target.

However, Mr. Lee is not the only one inoculated. Earlier, the quarantine authorities had stated that the number of vaccinations for No. 1 vaccine was not one, but many. In the COVID-19 vaccination special briefing held on the 24th, Chung Eun-kyung, head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), said, “In the order of vaccination, residents under the age of 65 in nursing homes, inpatients, and workers are eligible for vaccination. The first vaccination target.” (Full article below Go to full article click)

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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said, “It is time for vaccines,” and said, “The government will do its best to make its wishes come true as soon as possible.”

Prime Minister Chung said at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters in Seoul on the 26th. “Historical vaccinations begin at national nursing hospitals, nursing facilities, and health centers.” There are many people who have an expectation and excitement that they want to recover. “Let’s go step by step toward a nostalgic daily life.”

Prime Minister Chung said on his Facebook page, “It is finally time for vaccines. “There will be no’bacteria’ that have been waiting for a vaccine like me,” he wrote. “Let’s take care and encourage each other, and go together toward a peaceful Korea.” (Full article below Go to full article click)

Reporter Han Young-hye

The Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters announced that as of 0 o’clock on the 26th, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases increased by 406, accumulating 88922.
The number increased by 10 from the previous day (396), reaching 400 again in a day. It has been two days since the last 24 days (440 people).
Local outbreaks are 382 people, and overseas inflows are 24 people.

In the last week (2.20~26), the number of new confirmed cases recorded daily 448 → 416 → 332 → 356 → 440 → 396 → 406.
The government extended the current’social distancing’ (second stage in the metropolitan area, 1.5 stage in the non-metropolitan area) and banning private gatherings of five or more people excluding immediate family members by two weeks until the 14th of next month.

Reporter Shin Hyeyeon [email protected]

“I was hit with anticipation of taking off the mask every day. Then, I have nothing more to hope for. I was thinking only when my family members gathered together to talk.”
On the 26th, vaccination of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) began. As soon as the vaccination center of Heungdeok Woori Nursing Hospital in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do was opened at 9 am, this hospital patient Kwak Se-geun (59) gave the first vaccination. Yongin City No. 1 inoculation. The first job of the 1st inoculation was “expectation for daily life without a mask.” After the vaccination, he said, “I don’t feel anything. It’s comfortable.” Go to full article click)

Yongin = Reporter Chae Hye-seon, Changwon = Reporter Wi Sung-wook [email protected]

President Moon Jae-in visited the vaccination site for a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) on the 26th.

President Moon visited the Corona 19 Vaccination Room at the Public Health Center in Mapo-gu, Seoul, where Korea’s first corona 19 vaccination is performed at 9 am. President Moon’s visit to the public health center was made to check the preparation and implementation status of the corona 19 vaccination, which is being administered for the first time in Korea, and encourage front-line staff to devote themselves to the quarantine field, the Blue House explained.

The Blue House said, “We have scheduled President Moon’s visit with the aim of encouraging people to quickly recover their daily lives through safe and rapid vaccinations.”

Most of the countries that started vaccinating Corona 19 before Korea have designated’No. 1 vaccinator’, but the Korea Disease Office decided not to designate a specific person.

Reporter Han Young-hye [email protected]

In Korea, vaccination for a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) began in earnest for about 270,000 people in nursing hospitals, facility admissions, residents and workers excluding the elderly on the 26th. It was only 402 days after the first confirmed case in Korea occurred.

According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccination will be administered from 9 am on the same day at 1915 public health centers and nursing hospitals. This vaccine is a product commissioned by SK Bioscience at the Andong plant in Gyeongbuk.

From this day, the targets of receiving AstraZeneca vaccine are those who are hospitalized, inhabited, and workers under the age of 65 in nursing hospitals, nursing facilities, mental care and rehabilitation facilities nationwide. The first inoculation was reported to be a 61-year-old nursing care worker at Nowon-gu Public Health Center.