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These days, as the number of people receiving the corona vaccine is greatly reduced, the number of vaccines that have passed their expiration date or are discarded after opening is rapidly increasing.

In particular, Moderna vaccine is a situation in which if you open a bottle for 20 people, only 3 people get hit and the rest are thrown away.

The government is considering a plan to vaccinate only one day per week at each medical institution.



Reporter Park Jae-hyun reported exclusively.



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Since last month, Rep. Lee has been vaccinated against the coronavirus only three days a week.



This is in line with the government's policy to reduce the amount of vaccine waste.



The number of daily vaccinations, which increased to 1.32 million at the end of last year, has recently decreased to around 10,000.



One bottle of Pfizer vaccine can hold up to 6 people and Moderna can get up to 20 people, but it should be thrown away 6 hours after opening.



[Inoculation consignment medical institution employee: (Pfizer vaccine) Usually, 6 people get vaccinated with one, but one gets it and two get it, and so on.

You got it anyway, so you have to get it right.]



The rate of discards after being opened because they can't be vaccinated increased from 7% in February to 42% last month for the Pfizer vaccine.



During the same period, the moderna vaccine discard rate rose from 64.6% to 86.6%.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) is actively reviewing the idea of ​​inoculating one day a week.



However, in that case, it may be difficult to speed up the 4th dose for those aged 60 and over, starting today (the 14th).



[Employee of inoculation consignment medical institution: (If it is not the date of inoculation) There are people who say they will get it, so I am worried about how to do this.

There is no right answer.]



You should also pay attention to the expiration date of the vaccine.



The expiration date of 11.81 million servings will expire sequentially by August.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is discussing a plan to donate surplus vaccine to foreign countries, but many countries have high vaccination rates, and countries with poor medical conditions lack refrigeration facilities.



(Video coverage: Jo Moo-hwan, CG: Ban So-hee)