Input 2021.02.12 07:00
Recently, the Central Defense Response Headquarters of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced the’Corona 19 Vaccination Plan’, which includes information such as product licenses and vaccination methods from domestic introduction.
The goal of this vaccination project is to complete the vaccination of 70% of the domestic population by September to form a national collective immunity in the second half. Eun-kyung Jeong, head of the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) said, “Vaccinations aimed at collective immunity will be implemented in order from February until November,” and “considering reasonable quarantine goals and equity, and safe vaccinations I will promote it.”
We learned about the vaccination procedure through help from the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Team and the script. Corona 19 vaccine will be introduced sequentially starting this month. AstraZeneca will be introduced in stages from the first quarter, Janssen and Moderna from the second quarter, and Pfizer from the third quarter. The timing of introduction may vary through consultation with the relevant pharmaceutical company. AstraZeneca was approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 10th, and is expected to be supplied to 750,000 people first. Separately from this month, AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines will be supplied simultaneously through COVAX Facility (International Vaccine Sharing Project).
If the government’s corona 19 vaccination plan is followed, the first vaccination will be conducted for 50,000 corona 19 medical staff in the metropolitan area at the Central Vaccination Center in the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. After that, inoculations will be given in the order of medical staff, followed by residents and workers in nursing hospitals in the first quarter, seniors aged 65 and over in the second quarter, and adults aged 19 to 64 in the third quarter.
Vaccination is available at 250 vaccination centers nationwide and about 10,000 designated private consigned medical institutions installed at least one per city, county, or ward so that the majority of the people can vaccination at’closest places’. In the vaccination center, Pfizer, Modena vaccine, which needs to be stored at a low temperature of -20℃ to -70℃, is inoculated, and AstraZeneca vaccine and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine, which can be stored at room temperature, are inoculated at consignment medical institutions.
What is the vaccination procedure? The quarantine authorities are making a reservation app, which will notify the inoculations in order. The person who is notified can go to the designated place to receive the vaccination when the vaccination date is notified. However, Pfizer and modder vaccines that require special storage must go to a separate vaccination center and start vaccination.
Vaccination proceeds from the arrival of the vaccination center to reception, preparation of a preliminary form, pre-examination, vaccination, and observation after vaccination. You will receive a notice in advance through a text message stating that you must bring a text message and identification card for the person to be vaccinated on the day of visit. Later, when you visit the vaccination center, you will be identified and filled out a questionnaire that lists the diseases you usually suffer from, whether you are drinking or smoking. After that, after meeting a doctor to check whether vaccination is possible, start vaccination. After vaccination, you don’t go back to home or work right away. After waiting for about 30 minutes in the waiting room provided in the hospital, after completing the procedure to check whether there are any special adverse reactions, the entire process is finished.
No vaccine option or timing is given. As vaccines for each type are introduced sequentially, the target group to receive the vaccine is determined. This is to minimize confusion at the vaccination site by selecting a vaccine for each target group in a situation where multiple vaccines are supplied. Vaccination targets will be selected by considering the amount and characteristics of vaccines/platforms supplied and characteristics, safety and efficacy, and cases of side effects through the Vaccination Review Committee review.
Can I go out immediately after vaccination or attend a group of friends? Nam Jae-hwan, a professor of medical life science at Catholic University, said, “That is absolutely not possible.” “You should be very careful about at least 2 weeks after vaccination. 2 weeks after the 2nd vaccination, there are few domestic patients and it is okay.” It is good to always wear and keep social distancing.” When the vaccine enters our body, it trains immune cells, and the expert explains that it takes at least two weeks for the protective effect against the corona 19 virus to come out.
The government aims to inoculate 150,000 people a day. Myung-don Oh, head of the Central Vaccination Center (Professor of Seoul National University College of Medicine) explained, “If you vaccinate 600 people a day at 250 centers, 150,000 people can get hit a day, and 3 million people can get hit by 20 days.” The elderly living in group living facilities such as nursing homes will be provided with vaccination services to visit.
On the other hand, if you are afraid of vaccination and do not want to be vaccinated, the order will be pushed. Vaccinations that exceed the appropriate number of populations are required, but will be given with the consent of the individual in consideration of the individual’s health condition. However, if vaccination is rejected during the vaccination period for each target group, it will be adjusted to the last priority.