Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun. News 1
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said, “It is highly likely that the elderly people 65 years of age or older will be vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine first.
Prime Minister Chung said in an interview with Channel A’News A Live’ held at the government office in Seoul on the afternoon of the 22nd, “Because we are in a position to further verify the effectiveness of AstraZeneca for those over 65, we are preparing with the possibility of inoculating Pfizer to the elderly. “He said. He added that the start of vaccination will be in the end of March.
In addition, he answered, “I think I will have to wait for the order” to the question of whether he intends to relieve the public’s anxiety about vaccination through’No. 1 vaccination’. “If the Korean people hesitate to inoculate, the responsible people will need to come first, but at the present time, I don’t think there is a need.”
Prime Minister Jung said, “The first step was to make an inoculation plan with those in nursing hospitals, workers, and medical staff. 94% answered that they would inoculate. That’s a higher rate than other countries.”
Regarding the amount of vaccines secured in Korea (7900 million people), “it is common knowledge that when 35 million people, or 70% of the population, are inoculated with 50 million people, collective immunity will be achieved.” I see it as secured.”
On the 26th, the government will begin vaccinating AstraZeneca’s “new coronavirus infection (Corona 19)” to 280,271 people, including those under the age of 65, hospitalized, residents and workers at nursing hospital facilities. However, due to the lack of clinical trial data for the elderly aged 65 or older, the targets for vaccination were limited to those under the age of 65. Those over the age of 65 postponed after March-April, when additional clinical data for AstraZeneca became available.
The Pfizer vaccine will also be administered to 54,910 medical staff treating patients with Corona 19 starting on the 27th.
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