Shipped to the plant in Andong, Gyeongbuk for 1.57 million times for 5 days from 24 to 28
Real-time cold chain management of transportation process to distribution center
Delivery starts at 5:30 am on the 25th
First vaccination scheduled to start at 9 am on the 26th at nursing hospital
According to officials such as the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 24th, the AstraZeneca vaccine was shipped from the Andong plant of SK Bioscience in Gyeongbuk at 10 am on the day.
The initial volume of vaccine developed by AstraZeneca-Oxford University, which will be shipped from this day to Sunday, the 28th, is 1.57 million doses (two doses), which is about 780,000 people. The first day, 347,000 times on the 24th, 326,000 times on the 25th, 327,000 times on the 26th, 286,000 times on the 27th, and 284,000 times on the 28th are scheduled to be supplied in stages.
Earlier, the government expected 750,000 servings (1.5 million servings) as the initial volume, but at the time of national shipment approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 17th, 1574,000 servings, or 787,000 people, were approved. The number of vaccines shipped from the factory increased by 70,000 times, which is about 30,000 people. The vaccines shipped from the factory are packed in a dedicated container, loaded in a 5 ton refrigerated transport truck, and transported to a large logistics warehouse in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do under joint convoy with the military police and police. While being transferred to the distribution center, the integrated control center in Pangyo checks the vehicle location, temperature, and vaccine transport container temperature in real time, and manages the “cold chain,” a low-temperature distribution system. The vaccine that arrives at the distribution center is taken over. It is stored and managed after being unloaded in a cold chain distribution warehouse through a handover procedure.
On that day, the vaccine arrived at the distribution center at 12:30 PM. The Corona 19 Vaccine Transportation Support Headquarters carries out the work of warehousing in a refrigerated warehouse under the inspection and supervision of the military police.
AstraZeneca vaccine, a virus carrier vaccine, can be stored and distributed at 2-8 degrees Celsius for 6 months. After opening, it can be stored at 2-8 degrees Celsius for 48 hours and at room temperature for up to 6 hours.
The priority targets for AstraZeneca vaccine are 280,927 hospitals, residents, and workers under the age of 65 in nursing hospitals, nursing homes, mental care and rehabilitation facilities who agreed to vaccination. 93.6% of the vaccinated subjects agreed to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Although the safety and efficacy were confirmed for those over 65 years of age, the Vaccination Committee rescheduled the schedule because only 660 (7.4% of the total) participated in phase 3 of the vaccination clinical trial for the elderly. The authorities decided to set a later vaccination schedule for the elderly by referring to the results of additional clinical trials in the United States including the elderly or cases in overseas countries where vaccination has begun.
Accordingly, the vaccination for 370,724 people aged 65 or older in nursing hospitals and facilities will be adjusted again as early as the end of March.
The first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine that has been subdivided and packaged at the distribution center is transported to public health centers and nursing hospitals nationwide from the 25th to the 28th.
As soon as the vaccine arrives at the distribution center, it undergoes reclassification and packaging work to deliver the vaccine to 1,909 hospitals, including 1651 nursing hospitals and 258 public health centers, and delivery begins at 5:30 am on the 25th.
The AstraZeneca vaccination starts at 9 am on the 26th.
In nursing hospitals, the hospital’s medical staff self-inoculates inpatients and workers, and at the facility, the health center visit team or the medical staff of a contracted medical institution signed a contract for each facility receive the vaccine after completing prior training. The nursing hospital will complete its own vaccination within 5 days from the day after receiving the vaccine, and the public health center will complete visit and in-house vaccination by the end of March.
According to the advice of the Vaccination Committee, the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team set the vaccination cycle of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is a principle of two vaccinations, from 8 to 12 weeks after one vaccination. The government plans to complete the first vaccination in March and the second vaccination from April to May.
In addition, vaccinations for AstraZeneca vaccination targets for hospital-level or higher medical institutions, patients and workers in psychiatric institutions operating closed wards, and first responders for Corona 19 (119 paramedics, epidemiological investigations, quarantine, etc.) are registered for vaccination from the 18th to the 28th. The procedure to confirm consent to vaccination will be carried out, and the AstraZeneca vaccination will begin on March 8.
About 58,000 Pfizer-Bioentech vaccines (two doses, 117,000 doses) arriving at Incheon International Airport at 12:10 p.m. on the 26th through the international vaccine supply organization’COVAX Facility’ are 27 It will be conducted for 50,910 (agreement rate 94.6%) among workers in the hospital treating corona 19 patients who have consented to vaccination.
It proceeds as soon as the vaccine arrives at the central and regional vaccination centers from Incheon International Airport. Pfizer vaccine vaccination was also started at the central vaccination center installed at the National Medical Center for workers in metropolitan medical institutions, and at Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital, Chosun University Hospital, and Daegu Regional Vaccination Center (Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital). It goes on. Hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases with more than 120 targets undergo in-house vaccination.
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