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today (12th), after completing the vaccination, additional vaccination with additional vaccination will be started for the first time in Korea. Medical staff who are treating Corona are the priority. In addition, those who have not yet been vaccinated can get vaccinated on the same day without prior reservation.
Reporter Kim Jung-woo reports.
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In 228 days after starting the corona vaccine at the end of February, the cumulative number of first doses exceeded 40 million.
77.9% of the total population, or over 90% of those over the age of 18, were vaccinated.
Vaccination was completed in 68.9% of the population over the age of 18, and about 7 out of 10 adults.
But still, around 5 million adults over the age of 18 have never been vaccinated.
The quarantine authorities re-emphasized the need for vaccination, saying that 83% of the confirmed patients did not complete the vaccination, and that the effect of severe prevention was over 73% for those who completed the vaccination.
It is now possible to vaccinate on the same day by calling the hospital without prior reservation.
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have completed vaccination The booster shot, which is additionally vaccinated after 6 months, also starts for the first time in Korea.
The first target of application is 45,000 medical staff working at 160 corona treatment hospitals across the country, who will receive the Pfizer vaccine.
Influenza vaccination has also started in earnest, starting today for those aged 75 and over, and starting on the 18th for those over 70 and from the 21st for those over the age of 65.