[단독]What is the first domestic vaccination?… “10 people, including nursing hospital workers, will be hit at the same time”

Vaccination simulation training in nursing facility On the 23rd, AstraZeneca vaccination simulation training is being conducted at the auditorium of the Sohnuri nursing facility in Nam-gu, Gwangju. The domestic Corona 19 vaccination is scheduled to be administered to residents and workers under the age of 65 in nursing homes and welfare facilities for the elderly from the 26th. Gwangju = Reporter Park Young-cheol [email protected]-The domestic new coronavirus infection (Corona 19)’No. 1 vaccination’, which will take place on the 26th, is expected to be conducted simultaneously for 10 residents and workers in nursing hospitals or facilities. A government official said on the 23rd, “The first vaccination of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be those who are workers and residents of nursing hospitals and facilities under the age of 65, which are the top priority targets.” I will receive it at the same time.”

However, it has not been decided who will be the 10. The government is considering receiving recommendations from hospitals, facilities, and related associations for vaccination. On the day of vaccination, Kwon Deok-cheol, the Minister of Health and Welfare, and others are planning a direct visit to the vaccination site.

In politics, a battle over whether President Moon Jae-in’s No. 1 vaccination has continued. However, the quarantine authorities are putting emphasis on making residents and workers of nursing hospitals and facilities, the first target of vaccination, the first inoculation. As such, it is interpreted that it showed a willingness to adhere to the existing vaccination plan. Earlier, at a briefing on the 22nd, Chung Eun-kyung, chief of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emphasized that some politicians’ remarks on’priority vaccinations’ were “in order and fair vaccinations”. It has been reported that there were many opinions within the quarantine authorities that it was not desirable for President Moon and other political figures to take the vaccination first regardless of the order.

Overseas, there are cases where the head of the state, rather than the medical staff or patients, started the first vaccination. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, and South African President Cyril Lamaposa are representative examples. U.S. President Joe Biden was vaccinated seven days after December 14, last year, when the first vaccination was made in his country. Queen Elizabeth II of England was vaccinated on the 9th of last month, 31 days after the first vaccination in the UK on December 8th. Pfizer vaccination is also under consideration for elderly people aged 65 and over who have been delayed vaccination. Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said in an interview with Channel A that was broadcast on the 23rd, “there is a high possibility that Pfizer will be vaccinated first in the elderly over the age of 65.” Elderly people over 65 years old in nursing hospitals were initially selected as the first targets for vaccination, but the vaccination ranking has been pushed since April when the clinical results of the elderly people of the AstraZeneca vaccine appeared. On that day, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety expert advisory group said, “It is recommended to be vaccinated over the age of 16” for the Pfizer vaccine that has applied for official approval in Korea. Image [email protected]Go to reporter page>Reporter Yoo Geun-hyung and Kim So-young