<Anchor> Although the number of
new corona19 confirmed cases has not seldom decreased, vaccination is accelerating.
With nearly 300,000 people getting vaccinated, reports of suspected adverse reactions are increasing rapidly.
This is reporter Kim Jung-woo.
<Reporter> The number of
people who received the COVID-19 vaccine was 67,000,800, and the cumulative number of inoculations increased to 296,000 in 8 days after vaccination began.
By vaccination targets, about 165,000 people including medical staff and patients at nursing hospitals completed the first vaccination, showing the highest vaccination rate of 81%, and about 53,000 people, about half of the subjects, received the vaccination at nursing homes. .
As the number of inoculations increases, reports of suspected adverse reactions are also increasing.
As of yesterday (6th), nearly 3,000 reports were received, and most of them were minor symptoms such as headache, fever, and nausea.
There were no additional deaths other than the previous seven.
As the vaccination rate of nursing hospitals and nursing facilities increases, visits to these hospitals and facilities are limited from the 9th.
However, it is limited to family members of patients who are unconscious or on the verge of dying, and must submit a negative COVID-19 confirmation before visiting.
[Dong-hoon Labor/Chief of nursing hospital: I plan to visit about one person per hour.
We plan to make a reservation in advance and visit a limited space with a safety device in a well-ventilated area.]
The medical association recommended that if the fever rises above 38.5 degrees Celsius after vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccination, it is difficult to take a'acetaminophen'-based antipyretic drug that has little effect on antibody formation.