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Today (18th), it was tentatively counted as more than 59,000 people as of 6 pm a little while ago.

It is the first time since the beginning of May that the daily number of additional confirmed cases exceeded 50,000.



From today, adults in their 50s and those with pre-existing diseases can receive the fourth dose of the vaccine, and reporter Han Seong-hee covered the scene on the first day.



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The first day of expanding the 4th vaccination to those in their 50s.



Most of those who received the fourth dose were older than 60 years of age.



[You received the 4th dose of Moderna today.]



Still, there were a lot of phone calls from people in their 50s to public health centers and hospitals and clinics.



[Yoon Young-duk / Seoul Jung-gu Health Center: A lot of inquiries are coming in now.

Our public health center is currently guiding that 'it is possible to inoculate on the same day (via residual vaccine)'...

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120 days must pass after the 3rd dose to receive the 4th dose.



If you have personal reasons such as overseas business trips or hospitalizations, you may be eligible within 90 days.



If you have been confirmed after the 3rd vaccination, it can be done 3 months after the date of confirmation.



From today, those who made an online reservation through the vaccination site will be vaccinated from the 1st of the following month.



Those in their 50s who booked the fourth dose by 4 pm today were counted as 131,482, or 1.5% of the total 8.57 million.



Even including those in their 50s who are subject to the previous 4th vaccination, including those in high-risk facilities and others, the cumulative number of reservations is about 241,000, or only 2.8% of those in their 50s.



[Cho Sun-rye/Housewife in 50s: Even if you get the vaccine, there is a risk of infection again.]



[Ko Jong-chan/Self-employed person in their 50s: I am preparing to get it because I think it would be better to get it as soon as possible.]



Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are recommended, but , you can choose Novavax vaccine if you have experienced side effects.



[Yoo Seung-hoon / Director of Otolaryngology: We get a lot of inquiries about the type of vaccine and safety, and there are a lot of people who reject it even if they recommend the fourth vaccination.]



To increase the stagnant fourth vaccination rate, We need to raise the public's trust in safety first.



(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin, CG: Jo Soo-in)



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