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more than 500,000 vaccinations, the government has decided to give AstraZeneca vaccine to people over 65 years of age.
Vaccination is speeding up, but the number of new corona19 confirmed yesterday (10th) surpassed 400.
This is reporter Song In-ho.
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13 days after the start of the Corona 19 vaccination, the number of vaccinations exceeded 500,000.
About 65% of those who received the priority vaccination from February to March have completed the first vaccination.
The government has finally decided to expand the targets of AstraZeneca vaccination, currently under the age of 65, to those over the age of 65.
Yesterday, the Vaccination Specialist Committee reviewed the results of overseas research and recommended the use of the vaccine to people over 65 years of age.
[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: We will also expand the target of vaccination to 65 years of age or older.
Recently, data proving the efficacy for the elderly have been released in the UK…
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As a result, about 376,000 people aged 65 or older, hospitalized, residents and workers in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities have been vaccinated from this month.
Vaccine adverse reactions were added yesterday to 1,73 cases, increasing to 6,800 cases, and no additional death reports were reported.
Although vaccination is accelerating, the spread of Corona 19 through various meetings and workplaces has not seldom broken.
Yesterday, 465 new cases were confirmed one day, and 400 people continued for three consecutive days.
Among the new confirmed cases, 444 cases occurred in Korea, and about three-quarters came from Seoul and Gyeonggi and other metropolitan areas.
The quarantine authorities warned that sporadic infections are continuing throughout the country and that if you are vigilant, a fourth outbreak in the spring could come.
The government is planning to announce the social distancing adjustment plan to be applied from next week by synthesizing the Corona 19 situation this week.