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vaccination was given to 962,000 people until yesterday (4th), and health authorities predicted that the number of vaccinations would exceed 1 million during today.

It has been 38 days since the domestic vaccination started.

However, as the government's goal is to complete the first dose of 12 million people in the first half, we need to speed it up even further.



Reporter Kim Hyung-rae's report.



<Reporter> Although the number of



first-time corona vaccine vaccinations exceeded 1 million, it is 1.9% of the total population.



It's been 38 days since the first vaccination on February 26th, and an average of 25,000 people per day was beaten.



The government has increased vaccination capacity by operating 49 vaccination centers in each region, but the maximum number of vaccinations per day is less than 70,000.



The government's second quarter vaccination target, including high school students, is 12 million.



From now on, we have to hit 130,000 per day.



The government expects that it will be possible by increasing the number of vaccination centers to 267 and vaccinations to 12,000 private hospitals starting next month.



The problem is the amount of vaccine.




The amount confirmed so far is 7.7 million for AstraZeneca and Pfizer combined, and 4.3 million more are needed.



For the AstraZeneca vaccine, the government has advanced the second dose and increased the vaccination interval from 10 weeks to 12 weeks.



Therefore, it seems possible to achieve the goal for the second quarter.



[Jung Eun-kyung/Director of Disease Control (last 2 days): We also have quantities that come in the 3rd quarter for the 2nd vaccination, so we have the quantity that can be inoculated in the situation as much as possible with the quantity that comes in while inventory management... .]



However, the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine should be done on time.



As the number of targets for the second vaccination increases from June, it is necessary to secure the required amount in advance at the beginning of the third quarter.



In addition, the specific timing and quantity of the modder, NovaVax, and Janssen vaccines that will be introduced within the second quarter must be confirmed ahead of time.



(Video editing: Soyoung Lee)