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In addition, from the middle of next month, additional vaccinations will start for the elderly over 60 years of age and corona medical staff who have been 6 months after the second vaccination. The second dose of the vaccine is also given sooner to increase the rate of completion of the dose.
Next is Reporter Park Soo-jin.
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target of additional vaccination, which will start next month, is 3.69 million people, including the elderly over 60, workers in hospitals for corona treatment, and users and employees of facilities vulnerable to infection such as nursing hospitals.
After 6 months after the second dose, only the Pfizer vaccine is given.
Moderna vaccines may also be put in once approved for booster doses.
In cases where it is difficult to form immunity, such as acute leukemia or organ transplant patients, it can be administered from two months after the completion of the vaccination.
In the second phase, a booster vaccination for the general public under the age of 60 will be planned in December.
The government is also reducing the vaccination interval to ensure that 70% of the population is vaccinated by the end of next month.
People who get their first dose next month will get their second dose every 3 weeks for Pfizer and 4 weeks apart from Moderna.
If the second round is scheduled in October, the period from October 11th to November 7th will be extended by one week to 5 weeks, and those scheduled for November 8th to 14th will be reduced to 4 weeks.
From today (28th), the government will notify you by text of the changed vaccination date.
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quarantine authorities are in progress for up to 30 days He also urged active reservations, saying that the reservation rate for 5.7 million people who were not vaccinated was only 4.4%.