Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin is getting a vaccine from AstraZeneca (AZ) company at the Jung-gu Health Center in Daegu on the morning of the 1st. News 1
Daegu City has created a quarantine merit vacation system. It is a special holiday system that allows you to take an official break like a weekend without having to use sick leave if you are vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
First among local municipalities
The city of Daegu announced on the 4th that “the quarantine merit leave system” will be introduced and operated for the first time among the nationwide government officials and 7,100 officials under the city hall.
The quarantine merit vacation is two days. On the day of vaccination, one more day is given as a public holiday, and the day after the vaccination is a special holiday. Gong leave is a vacation granted for reasons other than sick leave.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security gives public officials a fee on the day of vaccination if they are vaccinated, and allows one day sick leave only if there is an adverse reaction the day after vaccination. Faculty and staff can also apply for free leave as much as necessary on the day of vaccination, and for sick leave the next day when there is an adverse reaction such as fever or pain. This is the difference from Daegu City’s quarantine merit vacation system, where you can relax for two days.
Vaccination status. Graphic = Younghee Kim [email protected]
There are three main backgrounds for Daegu City’s quarantine merit vacation system. First of all, it is to encourage public officials to actively participate in the corona 19 vaccination. An official from Daegu City explained, “It is also the purpose of introducing a special vacation system to dispel vaccine anxiety and vaccine safety controversies.”
There is also a goal to raise the vaccination rate in Daegu. The actual vaccination rate in Daegu was 66.7% as of the last day. This is lower than the national average of 71.7%.
The painful memories of the first pandemic of Corona 19 are also the background of the introduction of the quarantine merit vacation system. Daegu suffered the first pandemic for two months after the first confirmed cases came out on February 18 last year. On February 29 of last year, 741 people were confirmed every day. At that time, 70% of all confirmed cases in Korea were concentrated in Daegu.
Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin said, “To accelerate the formation of group immunity through vaccination by a day, more effective measures are needed.” I will play a role.”
Daegu = Reporter Yunho Kim
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