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| Faculty and staff at Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital are vaccinating against Corona 19 (provided by Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital) © News 1 |
The government believes that the effect of vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has reduced group infections in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities. If vaccinations for high-risk groups are completed in 2Q, the quarantine situation is expected to improve, such as reducing the fatality rate and securing medical response.
Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters, said in a non-face-to-face online backbriefing on Corona 19 on the 6th, “The vaccine vaccination rate is still low compared to foreign countries, but the first vaccination of nursing hospitals and nursing facilities has been almost completed.” This reduced factor is carefully judged by the effectiveness of vaccination,” he said.
As of 0 o’clock on this day, the number of first-time COVID-19 vaccine vaccinations increased by 35,970 to 9,990,870. Accordingly, the nation’s first vaccination rate is 1.93% based on 58,823,032 people (at the end of January 2021).
However, the vaccination rate at nursing homes under the age of 65, which started vaccination in the first quarter, reached the end of 88.1%, and the vaccination rate at nursing homes under the age of 65 reached 91.1%. The cumulative number of inoculations is 180,377 people under the age of 65 in nursing hospitals and 101980 people under the age of 65 in nursing homes.
In addition, vaccinations for patients 65 years of age or older in nursing hospitals and facilities, residents, and workers are in progress as vaccination in the second quarter. In addition, primary vaccinations are in progress at facilities for the disabled and for the elderly. The vaccination rate in nursing hospitals over 65 was 56.8%, followed by 27.1% in nursing facilities.
“The part of securing medical response by protecting the population with a high fatality rate is a hopeful element,” said Yun. “If inoculation with a population of 10 million or more is completed in the first half of the year, the spread of infection will be partially controlled to some extent.”