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The first AstraZeneca vaccine, which the Korean government has decided to bring in, is approved by the UK this week and is expected to start next week.
The representative of the company assured the effect, saying, “We have found the formula for the vaccine’s success.”
Pfizer vaccination has also begun in Europe.
This is reporter Jeongwon Kim.
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This year, 101-year-old Gertrud Haze, a grandmother living in a nursing home in Berlin, Germany.
When the injection needle comes in, I close my eyes for a while, but the vaccination is over without feeling any pain.
[게르트루트 하제(101살)]
“I feel good. The vaccination went well.”
Pfizer vaccination has begun at the same time in 27 member states of the European Union, including France, Italy and Spain.
The elderly, nursing home residents, and medical staff are eligible for the primary vaccination.
[클라우디아 알리베르니니/이탈리아 간호사]
“Being the first vaccination, I feel proud and responsible. Vaccination is a small thing, but it will be a fundamental change.”
In the Czech Republic and Greece, the prime minister received the vaccine first and encouraged vaccination.
French President Macron, who was recently released from quarantine due to coronavirus, tweeted that he had a new weapon to fight the virus.
[제바스티안 쿠르츠/오스트리아 총리]
“Vaccines are the beginning of victory over the epidemic. It will be a’game changer’.”
The European Union aims to be vaccinated against 70% of the population capable of collective immunity.
However, in the case of Pfizer vaccine, it is difficult to speed up due to distribution and storage issues.
As such, interest in AstraZeneca vaccine, which can be stored and distributed at room temperature, and is inexpensive, is increasing.
[그렉 헌트/호주 보건장관]
“(AstraZeneca vaccine) results are good. We will have a safe, effective and high-volume vaccine.”
In an interview with the British’Times’, the CEO of AstraZeneca expressed confidence that “we have found the formula for the vaccine’s success” and “can prevent 100% of severe coronas.”
He also said, “It will also work for mutant viruses.”
British media predicted that if approval for urgent use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK falls within this year, the vaccination will begin next Monday.
This is Jungwon Kim of MBC News.
(Video editing: Hwayoung Lee)
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