From next month, the vaccine will be vaccinated against COVID-19 for the general public, starting with the elderly aged 75 and over.
In the nursing hospitals and nursing facilities where vaccinations were held due to controversy about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the vaccinations of more than 370,000 hospitalized patients, residents, and workers over the age of 65 will also begin next week as soon as possible.
The government plans to inoculate about 11.5 million people, including high-risk groups, seniors, and health care workers who are vulnerable to Corona 19 infection by June this year.
The Corona 19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Corona 19) announced today (15th) the '2nd Quarter Vaccination Implementation Plan', which contains the subjects who will be vaccinated against the Corona 19 vaccine in April-June this year, the type of vaccine they will get, and the size of the vaccine I did.
First of all, the team selected the goal for the second quarter vaccination ▲ first vaccination for a total of 12 million people in the first half of the year ▲ protection of high-risk groups ▲ vaccination for the elderly ▲ protection of schools and caring spaces ▲ vaccination of health care workers and essential social workers.
Accordingly, from the 4th week of this month, the 65-year-olds in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities will be vaccinated.
As the government decided to vaccinate the elderly with the AstraZeneca vaccine, about 377,000 people, including patients and workers hospitalized or admitted to nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine as early as the 22nd week.
Vaccinations are also available from April at facilities for the elderly and facilities for the disabled who are vulnerable to COVID-19 infection.
General national vaccination begins in the second quarter, and 3.64 million people aged 75 or older will receive the vaccination from the first week of April.
About 4943,000 people aged 65 to 74 will be vaccinated in June.
In order to keep the educational field safe, vaccinations for health teachers and lower grade teachers are also started.
First, personnel in charge of special education or childcare for children with disabilities (51,000 people), kindergarten and school health teachers, and nursery personnel at daycare centers (13,000 people) will receive AstraZeneca vaccine sequentially starting next month.
In June, 491,000 workers, including kindergartens, daycare centers, and elementary school 1st and 2nd grade teachers, also start vaccinating.
The government has decided to vaccinate more than 100,000 people with chronic diseases, such as dialysis patients, who are classified as high-risk groups within the first half of the year.
Airline flight attendants have decided to get the AstraZeneca vaccine starting in May to prevent the influx of the mutant virus.
The promotion team said, "A total of 1,7793,000 vaccines will be introduced during the first half of the year." "There is."