According to the medical community on the 8th, following the Seoul National University Hospital and Seoul Asan Hospital last week, Severance Hospital and Samsung Seoul Hospital started vaccination of AstraZeneca for the heads of the hospitals.
The vaccination that is currently in progress is administered as an AstraZeneca vaccine to in-hospital health care workers, and is separate from the vaccination of personnel in charge of corona 19 beds. Medical staff caring for COVID-19 patients are classified as eligible for Pfizer vaccination.
Samsung Seoul Hospital started vaccinating Corona 19 from 8 am, starting with Director Kwon Oh-jung. Samsung Seoul Hospital decided to inoculate AstraZeneca Corona 19 vaccine to a total of 6,400 employees, including medical staff, by the 15th. 724 people are right on this day.
On this day, Severance Hospital received AstraZeneca vaccine to more than 500 people, starting with Yonsei Medical Center Director Yoon Dong-seop and Ha Jong-won Director of Severance Hospital. Over the next two weeks, 5,500 faculty and staff members of Severance Hospital will be vaccinated sequentially. Most of the faculty and staff receive vaccinations, except for pregnant women, those who are expected to become pregnant, those who are eligible for Pfizer vaccination, and those who have registered for vaccination at other hospitals.
“It is important for hospital workers to preemptively inoculate the vaccine to secure the safety of patients and medical staff to overcome Corona 19,” said Yoon Dong-seop, head of the medical center. I do” he said.
In Konkuk University Hospital, Dae-Yong Hwang was the first to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, followed by Kwang-ha Yoo, Director of Infection Control Office Moon Hee-won, and Nursing Manager Bo-Young Kim.
Konkuk University Hospital plans to inoculate the AstraZeneca vaccine to about 1,650 medical staff for 5 days until the 11th.
Director Hwang said, “Vaccination is a job for the health of both patients and staff,” and “Konkuk University Hospital medical staff are actively participating in vaccinations with pride that they contribute to overcoming Corona 19.”
Hanyang University Medical Center will be inoculated with the Corona 19 vaccine for five days, starting with Vice-Chancellor Choi Ho-soon on this day. About 1,600 health care workers affiliated with Hanyang University Hospital and 1,000 people affiliated with Hanyang University Hospital are eligible for vaccination.
Ho-soon Choi, Vice-President of Medicine and Medical Center, said, “I believe in the safety of the vaccine. I hope that this vaccination will form a collective immunity and end the corona pandemic as soon as possible.”
Korea University Medical Center’s Daedae Anam Hospital, Daedae Guro Hospital, and Daedae Ansan Hospital also started vaccinating against Corona 19 on the same day. A total of 6,000 people will be vaccinated against the AstraZeneca vaccine at the three hospitals.
At Chung-Ang University Hospital and Soonchunhyang University Hospital, corona 19 vaccine vaccination is in progress for their medical staff.
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