Nowon-gu, nation’s first vaccination

First vaccination on the 26th, starting with Mr. Lee, a Sanggye nursing home worker, the first vaccination of 972 people started… 91% of those who were eligible for the first vaccination related to nursing homes under 65 agreed

Nowon-gu, nation's first vaccination

[아시아경제 박종일 기자] Nowon-gu (Gu Seung-rok Oh) ​​gave the first vaccination to recover’lost daily life’ on the 2nd floor of the Nowon-gu public health center on the 26th.

Lee (Female, 61), who is working at the Sanggye Nursing Home, who was selected as the first inoculation, asked if he was nervous. “Please check allergic reactions carefully through an interview before vaccination, and that medical staff in preparation for emergency situations are always on standby. He said, “I feel relieved to hear the information,” he said. “I was always nervous because I was worried that I would be infected and damage the elderly, but now I am relieved.”

At the vaccination site on this day, officials such as the head of the public health center including Mayor Oh Seung-rok were present.

The first vaccination is the AstraZeneca vaccine from the 26th after 972 hospitalized, admitted, and workers in vulnerable facilities such as nursing hospitals (7), nursing facilities and rehabilitation facilities (13) within the region under the age of 65 agreed to vaccination. The vaccination started.

For vaccination, a vaccine storage facility is provided, and in hospitals with medical staff, the facility itself vaccination (517 people), and a nursing facility visits the ward office (195 people), or visits made up of doctors and public health center administrative support personnel if it is difficult to visit due to mobility difficulties, etc. The vaccination team visits a nursing facility and performs vaccination (260 people).

For vaccination, the district established a vaccination room at the Nowon-gu Health Center on the 2nd floor of the public health center. In accordance with the vaccination movements ▲Reception desk ▲Pre-inspection room for health checks and allergic reactions before vaccination ▲Inoculation room to administer the vaccine ▲Repose for at least 15 minutes after vaccination to monitor adverse reactions, etc. Simulations, etc. were conducted.

When the first stage of vaccination is completed, the district provides vaccinations for the elderly 65 years or older from May, medical institutions and pharmacies excluded from the first stage of vaccination, and the disabled in the second stage according to the guidelines. The vaccination is scheduled for residents aged 18 to 64 years old, excluding children under the age of 18.

It is also spurring the preparation of vaccination centers that will be used from the second stage of vaccination. At the end of January, Nowon Community Sports Center and Wolgye Culture Sports Center were designated as vaccination centers. This is in accordance with the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s guideline to designate an additional site for people with a population of over 500,000. The district plans to complete the installation of cryogenic freezers after the inoculation facilities are completed, taking into account efficient flow arrangements, etc. by next month.

In addition, an adverse reaction management team was formed in preparation for an emergency situation, and the operating system started 24 hours from the start of vaccination on the 26th to the end of vaccination.

In addition, an ambulance is always on standby at two vaccination sites, the public health center and vaccination centers, and a cooperative system with local fire safety centers is established at the consignment medical institution to establish an evacuation system so that in case of an emergency, it can be linked to two university hospitals in the city. did.

Ward mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “Quick vaccination is the best quarantine,” and said, “We will do our best to ensure safe vaccination without disruption.”

Reporter Park Jong-il [email protected]

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