300 Pfizer Vaccinations Completed by Metropolitan Corona 19 Medical Staff
Pfizer vaccination starts nationwide on the 3rd of next month
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Then, today (27th), let’s go to the site where the medical staff in the metropolitan area received the Pfizer vaccine. There is a useful reporter at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center.
Reporter Yoohan Yoo, are all vaccinations over now?
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Yes, the vaccination was over around 4pm.
It started at 9 am, so it lasted about 7 hours,
You will be informed of the time in advance, and the target people will come here at the time to receive the vaccinations.
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So how many people got Pfizer vaccine today?
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There are 300 people who received the vaccine today.
In the morning, there are 199 medical staff at the National Medical Center here, and in the afternoon, 101 medical staff at the corona treatment hospital in the metropolitan area.
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Did any of the people who received the Pfizer vaccine there today had any side effects?
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Two of the vaccinated medical staff had a mild fever.
I took a break in the waiting room for a while, and soon the fever ran out and went home.
There were no side effects other than this.
Let’s listen to the doctor who got the vaccine today.
[임효상/국립중앙의료원 간호사 : 다른 예방접종 맞을 때와 크게 차이를 못 느꼈고, 제가 먼저 맞았으니까 앞으로 다른 코로나19 환자분들을 간호할 때도 조금 더 최선을 다해서 간호해야 되지 않겠나 하는 사명감이 조금 생긴 것 같습니다.]
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The Pfizer vaccine now has 58,000 people. What is your schedule in the future?
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Pfizer vaccination continues here only for 5 days from today.
From the 3rd of the following month, vaccinations begin at the vaccination centers in each region.
To this end, medical staff attended the vaccination site today, and they go to each vaccination center to give the vaccine.
The quarantine authorities decided to finish the first vaccination for 55,000 medical staff by the 20th of next month, and finish the second vaccination by April 10th.