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children and adolescents will be able to receive the corona vaccine starting next month, many parents are thinking about getting their children vaccinated. You will weigh the benefits of vaccination and the risk of side effects, but there are opinions that children's right to learn and emotional development should also be considered.



Reporter Song In-ho reports.



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A high school in Seoul where a mobile screening test station is installed.



Students are undergoing rapid PCR testing before returning to school.



As concerns about infection increase due to the spread of 'delta mutation', only students who want it are tested once every two weeks.



[Fr. Cho Young-gwan / Principal of Dongseong High School in Seoul: I think it will be helpful for students to safely conduct more educational activities at



school

.]

Despite these efforts at the school, the number of confirmed students in the last week was 244, an increase from before Chuseok.



Schools with confirmed cases are immediately suspended, and students who have come in close contact are self-isolated, repeating a vicious cycle.



The longer the school is closed, the more severe the damage suffered by students, such as academic decline.



[Kim Yun-kyung/Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division, Korea University Ansan Hospital: Because students cannot stay at school and stay at home, obesity, lack of exercise, etc., seem to have a negative impact on their mental and physical health.]



But I am worried about the side effects of the vaccine

.

There are many students and parents who do.



[Parents of 13-year-old students: I think it is a bit unreasonable to say that even young children



are given a dose

in a situation where side effects keep coming out.] The

quarantine authorities provide parents and students with sufficient information, such as the fact that the benefits of vaccination are greater than the risks of vaccination. You should.



In particular, children and adolescents with underlying diseases such as diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases need to be well informed that the need for vaccination is greater.



However, since the vaccination is left to the voluntary choice, careful management is required by the educational authorities so that the school does not force the vaccination, or receive disadvantages or bullying if not inoculated.



(VJ: Shin So-young)  



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