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We also start the Corona 19 vaccine booster shot, that is, the third booster dose to increase the immune effect. Seniors over the age of 60 and medical staff are the first to meet. Pfizer and Moderna also decided to reduce the interval between the 1st and 2nd vaccinations again.



Reporter Park Soo-jin reports.



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booster shot to increase the effectiveness of vaccination, that is, booster vaccination, is the first for high-risk groups such as the elderly 60 years of age or older and workers in medical institutions.



In the case of the elderly, the completion rate of vaccination exceeds 80%, but 7 out of 10 new confirmed patients in their 70s or older have a breakthrough infection.



[Jeong Eun-kyung/Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: In the case of the elderly, the risk of breakthrough infection is higher because immunity is formed or immunity is weaker than that of younger people.]



Primary and secondary vaccinations of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines The interval will be shortened from the current 6 weeks to 3 or 4 weeks.



As the government has set the prerequisite for a step-by-step recovery of daily life to be 70% of the public inoculated, it is interpreted as an intention to quickly increase the inoculation completion rate by shortening the inoculation interval.



[Kim Bu-gyeom/Prime Minister: Please do your best to follow-up measures so that there is no confusion at the site regarding reservation changes due to shortening of the vaccination interval.] From



next month, more than 2.76 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 will also receive the vaccine.



Currently, Pfizer's vaccine is the only vaccine in Korea that is licensed for use over the age of 12.



Considering that the benefits of vaccination for adolescents are still not very high, the government has decided not to enforce vaccination.



Vaccinations will also begin for more than 270,000 pregnant women, who are expected to receive Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.



The specific 4th quarter vaccination plan will be announced tomorrow (27th) afternoon.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Kim Ho-jin, CG: Kang Yun-jeong)