Prime Minister 丁”Expanded AstraZeneca vaccination to 65 years of age or older…Proven enough efficacy”

Input 2021.03.11 08:44 | Revision 2021.03.11 09:16

Provided 7 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from May to June

Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun announced on the 11th that “We will expand the targets of the AstraZeneca vaccination to 65 years of age or older.”

At a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Corona 19 presided at the government office on the same day, Prime Minister Chung said, “Yesterday (10th), after in-depth discussions of experts by holding an in-depth discussion of experts, we decided to inoculate the AstraZeneca vaccine. I decided,” he said.

Prime Minister Jung explained, “There was a lack of evidence to judge the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine, so we have delayed vaccination for those over 65,” he said. “But recently, data that sufficiently proves the efficacy for the elderly have been released in the UK.” “Based on this, Germany and Italy have already expanded the targets of vaccination to the elderly,” he said.

Regarding the additional supply of vaccine, he said, “The amount of AstraZeneca vaccine introduced in the second quarter has been confirmed,” he said. “We will receive 7 million doses from the last week of May to June.”

Prime Minister Jeong said, “Now we need to speed up the on-site vaccination,” he said, “The Disease Management Administration asks for the detailed plan to be supplemented so that as many people as possible receive vaccinations in the first half.” He said, “I hope that the elderly who are most vulnerable to Corona 19 can receive vaccinations quickly and safely, and we hope that follow-up measures such as target confirmation and vaccination guidance will be promoted quickly.”