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Pfizer is currently the largest number of corona vaccines contracted by Korea. From July, when this Pfizer supply is in full swing, the vaccination will change from AstraZeneca to Pfizer-centered.
What is the preparation situation, medical reporter Cho Dong-chan will tell you.
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This hospital in Gangnam-gu, Seoul has been vaccinated with AstraZeneca vaccine.
However, preparations are in full swing to change the vaccination vaccine to Pfizer at the request of the health authorities.
[Yisangdeok / Pfizer inoculated ready Hospital: Pfizer vaccination institutions (in ca), for cases to be so operated dont apply for here, and you are ready within 1-2 weeks seem to be able to start the vaccination]
Currently, Pfizer The vaccine is given only at 260 national vaccination centers.
To achieve the government's goal of vaccinating more than 10 million people a month from July to September, more vaccination sites are needed.
Pfizer vaccination plan.
There is a strong plan to increase 500 more locations nationwide by dividing into a general hospital that can fit 100 people a day and a center-type hospital that can inoculate 540 people a day.
The next best thing is to increase the number of vaccinations per day as much as possible by injecting a large number of public health doctors instead of making fewer than 500 sites.
Pfizer vaccination begins in early July to adults aged 18 to 64, and it is reported that health authorities are worried about which age group to start.
A member of the Vaccination Committee said that the Pfizer vaccine has fewer adverse reactions in the younger generation, so there are opinions that people aged 30 to 50 should be vaccinated first, and that the elderly should be confronted with the domestic sentiment.