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is the procedure to check whether the preparation for the Corona 19 vaccine is being done well.

Pfizer and Modena's vaccine, which Korea has contracted for 30 million people, is most important to keep it very cold under a certain temperature during distribution and storage.



We will tell you how prepared Korea is and what to hurry, medical reporter Cho Dong-chan.



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the end of last year, the US target for the first dose of the vaccine was 20 million.



Pharmaceutical companies have developed special containers that keep minus 70 degrees Celsius, cryogenic freezers have been installed all over the United States, and even the military has been mobilized for transportation.



However, 1.5 million people have been inoculated so far.

It's less than a tenth of the goal.



It wasn't a problem until the vaccine left the pharmaceutical company and arrived at hospitals with cryogenic freezers.



However, the vaccine from the cryogenic freezer was delayed for up to 14 hours in the final process of the cold chain inoculating the patient, causing the vaccine to be discarded and the wrong dose to be administered.



Because the vaccines are difficult to handle and the medical staff is not skilled.



In the case of Pfizer vaccine, one bottle containing five doses must be dissolved for 30 minutes, mixed with normal saline, and then quickly divided into five portions, and mistakes have occurred in this process.



The quarantine authorities are purchasing cryogenic freezers.



[Jeongeungyeong / Disease Management Administration (April 28): This is going to be provided with more than 250 a cryogenic freezer into the first quarter for frozen distribution archive management of Pfizer vaccine]



but not place the freezer in any area, any hospital, pharmaceutical and transportation There was no basic procedure for how to divide the roles.



In addition, the most demanding stage of cold chain, in which the vaccine from the freezer is administered to patients, has not been discussed with the nation's top large hospitals.



[A large hospital official: The government has not given us any guidelines for the establishment of a cold chain.]



[B large hospital official: We have not received any official instructions for vaccination by medical staff.]



The Korean Medical Association is the cold chain preparation process. I asked the quarantine authorities to promptly consult with the medical community.



(Video editing: Park Ji-in)