It was counted that a total of 18,489 people in the country completed the vaccination yesterday (26th), the first day of COVID-19 vaccination.
The number of vaccinations on the first day was 3,532 in Gyeonggi among 17 cities and provinces, followed by Gwangju (3,72) and Seoul (1,922).
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced the total number of AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccinations as of 0 o'clock today.
This means that 6.0% of the 31,130 people under the age of 65 who are hospitalized, admitted, and workers under the age of 65 at nursing hospitals and nursing facilities nationwide received the vaccination on the first day.
The vaccination rate on the first day is 0.04% compared to the domestic population (based on 52 million people).
If you look at the number of vaccinations yesterday by region, Gyeonggi 3,532, Gwangju 3,72, Seoul 1,922, Jeonnam 1,740, Chungnam 1,558, Jeonbuk 186, Gyeongnam 1,52, Incheon 881 people, Chungbuk 827, Gangwon 750, Busan 485, Gyeongbuk 400, Daejeon 397, Daegu 308, Jeju 279, Ulsan 160, Sejong 40.
In an online regular briefing, Kyung-sil Chung, head of the vaccination management team of the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team, said, "Because only the first day vaccination is performed, it does not mean that the number of vaccinations in a specific region is larger or smaller" "I think it might have been affected because the vaccination schedule for each region is different."
Among those inoculated on the first day, 13,929 (75.3%) workers in nursing hospitals and inpatients were most of them, and 4,548 (24.6%) were workers in nursing facilities.
The vaccination rate is 6.9% in nursing hospitals (13,929 out of 20,478 people) and 4.2% in nursing facilities (4,548 out of 10,7,652 people).
In terms of nursing hospitals alone, the region with the highest vaccination rate was Gwangju (31.5%, 2,775 of 8,797 people), and among nursing facilities, Chungnam (15.0%, 933 of 6,211 people) had the highest vaccination rate. It.
Yesterday, local governments inoculated the first responders to Corona 19 with vaccines that people related to nursing hospitals and nursing facilities had not been vaccinated.
Yesterday, 15 of the vaccinators reported to the authorities that they had had mild adverse reactions such as headache, weakness, fever, nausea, and vomiting.
Meanwhile, the first vaccination of Pfizer's vaccine was held today at the Central Vaccination Center in the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul.
A total of 300 people are eligible for vaccination, including 199 workers at the National Medical Center and 101 workers at the hospital for treating COVID-19 patients in the metropolitan area.
(Photo = Joint Reporter)