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As the schedule for introducing the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be faster than originally expected, the preparation for vaccination is also speeding up.
The quarantine authorities have decided to conduct their own research on mutant viruses from South Africa and the UK.
Reporter Park Kyung-seok’s report.
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Vaccination preparations are also accelerating as the vaccine introduction period moves to the beginning of next month.
The government plans to designate and operate only consignment medical institutions and 250 vaccination centers nationwide for vaccination.
As a consignment medical institution, you can use the existing flu vaccination hospital, so there is no big burden.
However, the detailed criteria for the vaccination center that will be in charge of the vaccination of Pfizer and modder that need to be frozen and vaccination are difficult
Inoculation centers, which will be used by up to 3,000 people a day, must first be equipped with self-generating facilities to operate cryogenic freezers 24 hours a day.
As many people gather, natural ventilation is possible, and a waiting facility before and after vaccination is required.
Accordingly, large public facilities such as gymnasiums and civic centers, sports grounds, and performance halls will be used as vaccination centers.
[이혁민 / 세브란스 병원 진단검사 의학과 교수 : 이 백신을 접종하고 그냥 집에 가는 것하고는 다르게 30분 정도 동일한 장소에 많은 사람들이 있어야 되는 상황입니다. 그러면 이 안에서의 코로나19 확산의 여부도 있거든요.]
The number of new confirmed cases has remained in the early 400s for the second day, but it is still not a step to be relieved.
Additional studies are being conducted in Korea on the results of overseas studies that the South African mutant virus neutralizes existing antibodies in cured people.
[임숙영 / 중앙방역대책본부 상황총괄단장 : 국내에서도 지금 확보된 (남아공 변이) 바이러스들이 있습니다. 그래서 이것을 배양을 해서 국내에서 개발되는 치료제라든가, 아니면 백신과 관련해 항체가 어떻게 형성되는지….]
The quarantine authorities will finalize and announce specific vaccination preparation plans, such as vaccination priorities and plans for vaccination center operations next week.
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