China News Service, February 27. According to Korean media reports, South Korea’s Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Jeon Haechul said at the countermeasures headquarter meeting on the 27th that 18,489 people were vaccinated on the first day of the new crown vaccination in Korea on the 26th. Sleek new crown vaccine.
So far, no reports of serious adverse reactions have been received.
The South Korean epidemic prevention department said that among the inpatients and employees under the age of 65 in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities in various places, more than 280,000 people agreed to vaccination. Among them, 6.39% completed vaccination on the 26th, accounting for 0.04% of the total population.
The picture shows people waiting for testing outside the temporary screening station near the subway station of Gangnam Samseong Station in Seoul.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
On the other hand, medical staff on the front line of South Korea's epidemic prevention have received the first dose of Pfizer vaccine from the 27th.
On the 27th, the Central Vaccination Center of the National Central Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul took the lead in launching Pfizer's vaccination work.
300 front-line medical staff including 199 staff from the hospital and 101 staff from the Metropolitan New Crown Patient Treatment Hospital will be vaccinated first.
According to reports, this batch of vaccines arrived in South Korea on the 26th, with a total of 58,500 copies, provided by the new crown vaccine guarantee mechanism (COVAX Facility).
As the Pfizer vaccine requires two injections, the 55,000 domestic medical staff in charge of treating patients with COVID-19 will complete the first injection on March 20, and the second injection will end before April 10.
South Korea started vaccination work on February 26. Priority vaccinations are for residents and staff under the age of 65 in treatment hospitals for new crown patients, nursing facilities, mental hospitals, and rehabilitation facilities nationwide.