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There has been a lot of debate over whether the AstraZeneca vaccine should be given to people over 65.

After three meetings, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety placed a cautionary note that the doctor should judge carefully, and granted official approval anyway.

However, as you heard, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced today (15th) that in the first quarter of this year, elderly people aged 65 or older are excluded from the vaccination.

It is the result of reflecting the opinions of experts from various fields. It is pointed out that the government agencies responsible for the health of the people made different decisions and only increased anxiety.



Next is Jo Dong-chan, a medical reporter.



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the 11th, the agenda submitted to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccination Committee was a'revision plan' that reversed the wording of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, saying permission for 65 years or older was confirmed.



Before the committee was held, the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention had reviewed the elimination of vaccinations for seniors aged 65 and over.



A disease agency official said that the elderly over 65 were first beaten, and then, like some European countries, felt burdened with the occurrence of vaccine deaths.



[Choi Jae-wook/Professor of Preventive Medicine at Ancient University: Scientific and policy grounds are still a bit insufficient



, so

please wait a little longer for those over 65.]

It was Pfizer's vaccine that caused the controversy over the death of the elderly in Norway and Germany, and the causal relationship between death was also confirmed. Hasn't been.



The problem is that 90% of domestic deaths are aged 65 or older, and every time vaccination is delayed by a month, more than 300 additional deaths can occur.



It turned over the logic that the elderly should be vaccinated first because they are vulnerable to group infection and the fatality rate is high.



It is also a problem that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, and state agencies made conflicting decisions, which caused confusion.



[Yigeunhwa / Hanyang University School of Medicine Department of Microbiology Professor: because it reduces the distrust from the licensed portion of the vaccine sikyak treatment and disease management office for the vaccine, it is necessary to discuss it closely as]



the more the opinions of experts staggered health authorities Don't hide behind experts, and responsibly come up with consistent policies.



(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, video editing: Kim Ho-jin) 



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