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Today (7th), the number of new COVID-19 cases is expected to be around 40,000.

At the last quarantine meeting of the current government, Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom evaluated that the government's quarantine measures were successful.



Reporter Han Seong-hee asked whether it could be seen as such, focusing on vaccine policy.



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At the last major headquarters meeting of the government, the quarantine achievements were mentioned.



[Kim Bu-gyeom/Prime Minister: Looking at the objective figures alone, our quarantine measures deserve to be evaluated as successful.]



The low mortality rate and generous score among major countries are possible indicators.



[Kwon Deok-cheol / Minister of Health and Welfare: The cumulative fatality rate is 0.13%, and the number of deaths per 100,000 people is 45.

It has the third highest mortality rate among OECD countries and the fifth highest death toll per capita...

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It has been thanks to the high vaccination rates that have crossed the wave of epidemics several times.



The primary and secondary vaccination rates are 80% and 65% for the third, which is higher than the US, Japan, and major European countries, and is at the forefront of the OECD countries.



[Hur Mi-ran / Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: About 80% of the people were able to get it, the vaccine was distributed fairly...

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There were concerns and confusion in the early days of the vaccine policy.



The first vaccine was introduced in February last year, the last among OECD countries.



It was 81 days behind the UK, which was the fastest.



During the pre-vaccination reservation process, the public had to experience inconvenience due to a server shortage, and the quarantine pass was abolished due to a court decision after controversy over its fairness.



[Kim Do-hyeon / Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: There were a lot of people who were marginalized because of the vaccine pass, and there were definitely people who didn't fit because of health problems, but they were excluded from all gatherings...

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It is pointed out that the suffering of the victims and their families due to the side effects of the vaccine should have been carefully considered.