On the morning of the 27th, Jeong Mi-kyung, an environmental beauty salon vaccinator of Pfizer’s Corona 19 vaccine, is getting an injection at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center in Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul. yunhap news
“It didn’t hurt at all. I thought it would be heavy like a flu shot, but I didn’t feel that way, and the moment I was hit, I felt at ease.”
Jeong Mi-kyung, 51, an employee of the US Department of the National Medical Center’s facility team, who is the first person in Korea to be vaccinated against Pfizer’s novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine, said in an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo at around 10:15 am on the 27th. After receiving the injection and examining the condition for about an hour, Jung’s expression was bright.
“I was a little nervous when I got the injection, but I didn’t feel like it was an injection at the moment I got it, and it wasn’t even more painful than when I was inoculated,” he said.
“I was worried about the symptoms of fever, but there is no fever or breathlessness,” he said. “It came out within an hour, but it’s okay.” He, who is in charge of medical waste treatment and environmental management, added, “I have been worried about infection for the past year, but after taking the 1st vaccination, I am really happy.
On the morning of the 27th, Jung Mi-kyung, who is the 1st Pfizer vaccine, is getting an injection at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center in Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul. yunhap news
Injection into the upper deltoid muscle
The inside of the vaccination room at the Central Vaccination Center at the National Medical Center was divided into partitions. It took less than a minute for the nurse to check the name of the person to be vaccinated and the prevalence form, rub a cotton pad on the arm and complete the vaccination. Yejinpyo checks whether you are pregnant, your physical condition, whether you have ever been diagnosed with infection, whether you have ever received a vaccine other than Corona within the last two weeks, and whether an allergic reaction has occurred after vaccination.
The Pfizer vaccine is an intramuscular injection that fits the deltoid muscle in the upper arm. The second vaccination is required 21 days after the first vaccination. “I put an injection into the muscle. There may be some pain,” he said. “It is better not to sweat a lot like a sauna for 3 days after vaccination, and you should stop drinking alcohol.” Nurse Choi Na-young, who gave the injection that day, said, “It was no different from other vaccines,” he said, “but the syringe is softer.”
Checking symptoms after vaccination… No sauna or drinking for 3 days
![On the morning of the 27th, COVID-19 medical workers who received the Corona 19 Pfizer vaccine are waiting in the observation room at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. [사진공동취재단]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/27/ab765474-0785-4f24-abdb-67bd0887f9d9.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
On the morning of the 27th, COVID-19 medical workers who received the Corona 19 Pfizer vaccine are waiting in the observation room at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. [사진공동취재단]
After the vaccination is over, check in the waiting room for 15 to 30 minutes for symptoms such as fever or dizziness and return home. In the space divided by partitions, 32 people can wait at a time, and the waiting room windows were all open this morning.
On that day, 300 Pfizer vaccinations, including 199 workers at the National Medical Center and 101 workers at Corona 19 treatment hospitals in the metropolitan area, were vaccinated at the Central Vaccination Center. According to the quarantine authorities, the Central Vaccination Center will start from the 3rd of the next month from the 3rd of the following month to 3 local vaccination centers, including Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Yangsan Busan National University Hospital, and Chosun University Hospital, and Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital, a regional vaccination center. The vaccination proceeds until the 9th.
![On the morning of the 27th, medical staff at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, are preparing to inoculate the Corona 19 Pfizer vaccine. On that day, 199 medical staff and workers at the National Medical Center receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. [사진공동취재단]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/27/6ba6b4c4-29fd-4d41-97d2-3107a3bc1532.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
On the morning of the 27th, medical staff at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, are preparing to inoculate the Corona 19 Pfizer vaccine. On that day, 199 medical staff and workers at the National Medical Center receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. [사진공동취재단]
After the 8th of next month, the vaccine will be delivered to 82 locations, including hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases, where more than 120 people are eligible for vaccination.
Inoculation of 300 people, including National Medical Center workers
On the day when the first Pfizer vaccination was made in Korea, Prime Minister Chung Sye-gyun visited the scene. Prime Minister Chung said, “As the vaccination proceeds smoothly, vague fears about the vaccine are gradually changing with excitement and expectations.”
The previous day, 18,489 residents and workers in 17 provincial public health centers and 213 nursing facilities nationwide received the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine.
Reporters Choi Eun-kyung and Kwon Hye-rim [email protected]
