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There was a lot of interest in who would get the vaccine first in Korea, but the authorities said that all people who get the vaccine at 9 am tomorrow (26th) are the 1st vaccinators.

In other countries, the first inoculation was often a symbolic figure, but we explained that the inoculation itself was more meaningful.



This is reporter Kim Deok-hyun.



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number of vaccinations for Korea's No. 1 vaccination, which attracted attention, has not been narrowed down to one specific person.



The quarantine authorities explained that all vaccination targets, starting at 9 am tomorrow, nationwide are all 1 vaccinations.



[Chung Kyung-sil/Disease Management Office Vaccination Management Team Leader: Nationally starting at the same time, nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, inpatients under the age of 65 and all employees will be the first inoculations…

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vaccinations are performed simultaneously across the country, not in a specific area or facility, the number 1 vaccination person cannot be specified, but he emphasized that it was meant to start vaccination itself, not the first vaccination.



[Kyung-sil Jeong/Director of Vaccination Management Office of Disease Controlling Administration: We are thoroughly preparing for vaccination on the first day of vaccination.] In the



UK, where the world's first vaccination was performed, a grandmother in her 90s was the first vaccination, Israel and Indonesia. In the back, the head of the government was the first target.



Earlier in the political world, there was a battle over whether President Moon Jae-in was vaccinated or not.At the time, the quarantine authorities drew a line that the priority vaccination of high-ranking officials could be linked to issues such as fairness, with the vaccination consent rate being around 95%.



Some local governments have released regional 1st vaccinations.



In Busan, a nurse in the 50s of a nursing hospital was the first to be vaccinated, a couple of doctors in the 60s of a nursing hospital in Daegu, and the head of the radiation department of a nursing hospital in Daejeon.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Kim Jun-hee)