Input 2021.01.25 16:38 | Revision 2021.01.25 17:08
The government’s “quarantine-vaccine-treatment three-time strategy”
Achieving a model country overcoming COVID-19″
The Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and the Disease Management Administration reported this year’s work plan to President Moon Jae-in on the 25th. In the work report that day, the Corona 19 situation was checked by connecting the Minister of Health and Welfare Kwon Deok-cheol, the head of the Food and Drug Administration Kim Gang-rip, and the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jung Eun-kyung.
◇ 70% of all citizens aim to complete the first vaccination by September… “Collective immunity is formed in November”
The government plans to provide free vaccination to all citizens. With the aim of forming group immunity by November, the first vaccination will be administered to 70% of the population by September.
They also set priorities for vaccination. ▲ In the first quarter, workers at nursing hospitals, elderly medical welfare facilities, and high-risk medical institutions ▲ In the second quarter, workers 65 years or older, medical institutions and home-based elderly welfare facilities, etc. ▲ The first quarter for chronically ill patients, adults (19-64 years old), etc. Start inoculation. In the fourth quarter, the second vaccination and non-vaccinated people will be vaccinated.
The vaccine supply will start in earnest from next month. The government has secured more than 56 million vaccines. Taking into account the uncertainty in the duration of immunity, the company plans to secure additional vaccines (for 20 million people).
Vaccine distribution establishes a customized cold chain distribution management system for each vaccine so that the storage temperature and operation route can be checked in real time. The plan is to establish a seamless distribution management system by organizing a transportation support headquarters that can manage and respond to the situation at the pre-distribution stage.
Be prepared to get vaccinated safely near you. Depending on the characteristics of the vaccine, the vaccination center (about 250 locations) or medical institutions (about 10,000 locations) can be vaccinated. It is also planning to provide vaccination services for the elderly in group living facilities.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to support research and development of domestic vaccines and treatments in cooperation with relevant ministries. Last year, after supporting 1936 billion won in infrastructure construction such as nurturing professional manpower and technical support centers, it will invest 2627 billion won this year. Through this, the goal is to develop a treatment next month and a vaccine within the year.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is also expanding public medical infrastructure to enhance the infectious disease response system. It was decided to strengthen support to promote the construction of local medical centers in Daejeon, Seobusan, and Jinju area, and to expand a total of 1,700 beds in 11 hospitals. Infectious safety facilities such as negative pressure rooms will be provided to public hospitals, and the National Medical Center will be relocated and constructed.
When the Corona 19 situation stabilizes, the Ministry of Health and Welfare will discuss the issue of medical school quotas and the establishment of the National Graduate School of Medicine in consultation with the medical community. In addition, it is planning to introduce a’function addition system’ that increases fees when providing treatment suitable for the function of each medical institution, and plans to establish a’comprehensive manpower plan’ including nurturing medical personnel in the second half.
◇ Prepared a reorganization plan to keep people away from complaints
The government’s policy is to implement reasonable and equitable social distancing. The Ministry of Health and Welfare decided to reorganize the current distancing system in accordance with the changed situation as the national fatigue of distancing amid the prolonged corona 19 incident was severe, and equity issues were raised over restrictions on the operation of multi-use facilities.
This’third pandemic’ is scheduled to be reorganized after stabilization, and instead of the current’multi-use facility operation restrictions’, it is planning to focus on’centering by action to block radio waves between individuals’.
In connection with this year’s vaccination, the distance system will be reorganized by dividing into three stages:’after high-risk group immunization’,’after medium-risk group’s immunization’, and’after group immunity’.
After the formation of high-risk group immunity in the first stage, while maintaining the tension of quarantine, the distance from’restriction by facility’ to’center by action’ is reorganized. After the formation of immunity for the middle-risk group in the second stage, the quarantine rules for high-risk activities will be strengthened, while preparing for life quarantine focusing on recommendations and participation. After the formation of group immunity in the third stage, it responds to Corona 19 through daily life prevention.
Regarding the Corona 19 medical response system, the Ministry of Health and Welfare decided to secure corona 19 critically ill beds, centering on urgent care beds after the second quarter, and to prepare a treatment system for elderly patients with dementia, dementia, and mental illness during this month.
Hospitals and life treatment centers dedicated to infectious diseases will be reduced during the stabilization period, but will be flexibly operated through the’preliminary designation system’ so that they can be restarted immediately if necessary.