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Vaccinations for high school seniors, etc. and advance reservations for vaccinations for those aged 50 to 54 will start from today (19th). In particular, the quarantine authorities urged careful observation and caution of side effects as teenagers are receiving the vaccine for the first time in Korea.



Correspondent Han Sang-woo.



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Vaccinations for 650,000 high school students, including high school students and high school staff, will start at 290 vaccination centers nationwide today.



This is the first vaccination for adolescents in Korea.



[Lee Kwan-woo/Sejong Daesung High School 3rd grader: I think you might be worried about side effects or symptoms, but on the other hand, there seems to be a sense of stability and psychological stability that you received the vaccine.]



Examiners are vaccinated with an mRNA-based Pfizer vaccine, 16 Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported in men aged to 24 years of age after receiving the mRNA-based vaccine, but only about 4 out of 1 million vaccinated.



Inflammation of the pericardium or heart muscle surrounding the heart, and symptoms such as chest pain and palpitations appear.



Experts usually relieve within a few days, but they recommend seeing a doctor right away if symptoms develop.



Vaccination reservations for the general public between the ages of 50 and 54 also start today.



You can make a reservation for those aged 53-54 today, and those aged 50-52 tomorrow, and anyone between the ages of 50 and 54 can make a reservation the day after tomorrow.



Those who have a reservation will be vaccinated with Moderna from the 16th to the 25th of the following month.



So far, 16.09 million people have received the first dose in Korea, accounting for 31.3% of the total population.



More than 6.5 million people have completed two doses, including the Janssen vaccine, which is only given once, accounting for 12.7% of the total population.