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Despite these voices, the government is in the position to implement it as scheduled for the health and safety of students. He said that he had prepared enough to receive the vaccine after taking the final exam, and that he would also operate an inoculation center that visits the school directly.



Next is reporter Kim Kyung-hee.



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Last month, there were an average of 564 confirmed cases of COVID-19 students per day in elementary, middle and high schools across the country.



In particular, in the case of middle school students, the number of confirmed cases per 100,000 people rose from 7.7 in the first week to 10.6 in the last week, and from 5.7 to 10.3 in elementary school students.



It is the opposite of high school students, where the number of confirmed cases is decreasing.



The government believes that this is due to the fact that 64.8% of high school students aged 16-17 have completed vaccination, while only 14.8% of those aged 12-15 years old.



In particular, 99% of children and adolescents who have been confirmed for the past two weeks have not been vaccinated or have not completed the vaccine, he explained, explaining that the introduction of the quarantine pass cannot be delayed.



[Lee Sang-won / Head of Epidemiological Investigation and Analysis Team, Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters: The influx of new Omicron mutations, the increase in the number of patients with severe cases, and the increase in the number of confirmed cases of those with educational backgrounds under the age of 18 are still difficult.]



Concerns about poor grades due to adverse reactions after vaccination He also stressed that he had taken the final exam and prepared enough to be vaccinated.



More than half of middle and high school students will finish their final exams by this week, and 90% will take their final exams by the fourth week.



The Ministry of Education has decided to conduct a vaccination demand survey for students for three days from today (6th), and to operate a vaccination center that visits schools if there are many applicants for vaccination.



In particular, the two weeks from next week will be the intensive inoculation period, and a large amount of medical resources will be invested.



(VJ: Shin So-young, video editing: Won-yang)



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