President Moon Jae-in visited the Mapo-gu Health Center in Seoul on the 26th of last month, and Kim Yun-tae (right of President Moon), director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Nexon Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital head (right of President Moon) are watching the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine. Senior Reporter Tae-Seok Wang
President Moon Jae-in asked the public on the 22nd, “Please do not have any doubts about the safety of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine, and respond to the vaccination in the order of vaccination.”
President Moon raised a number of grounds while requesting the people’s’active attitude’ toward AZ vaccination at a meeting of chief and advisors presided over at the Blue House. First, he said, “the safety and effectiveness have been reconfirmed internationally.” It is a reminder of the announcement of the World Health Organization (WHO) that’there is no causal relationship between AZ vaccine and blood clots’. The Vaccination Committee, composed of experts in the field of health and infectious diseases in Korea, also said on the same day, “It is recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccination should continue” (Chairman Eunhwa Choi, Professor of Seoul National University Medical School) in the domestic situation where the risk from the pandemic of Corona 19 continues. .
President Moon also said, “I and my wife (Mr. Kim Jeong-suk) will also get the AZ vaccine tomorrow (23rd) to attend the G7 summit in June.” It is interpreted as trying to relieve anxiety about vaccines by mentioning that it is a vaccine that is suitable for both the president and the couple.
Blue House spokesman Kang Min-suk introduced to reporters that “when President Moon and outside Korea receive vaccination, 9 people including National Security Officer Seo Hoon will accompany them to receive the vaccination.” President Moon is expected to receive a vaccine from the outside and immediately return to the Blue House to perform his duties.
President Moon said, “Vaccination is a way to protect our society as a whole with collective immunity while protecting our own safety.” Emphasized. “In the second quarter, we plan to increase the number of vaccination targets significantly and inoculate more than 12 million people during the first half,” he said. “The government will increase the speed of vaccination and group immunization than originally planned.
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