Today 5266 nursing homes were vaccinated... The first step to'Recovery'

On the morning of the 25th, one day before the Corona 19 AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccination, quarantine officials are moving the AZ vaccine to the vaccine storage room at the public health center in Dobong-gu, Seoul. 2021.2.25/News1 © News1 Reporter Kim Jin-hwan

The government will start vaccinating AstraZeneca (AZ) from the 26th. First of all, about 290,000 residents and workers in nursing hospitals and facilities under the age of 65 are eligible for vaccination.

With this, the first steps to return to daily life in the Corona 19 phase began. The government has previously set a goal to create’collective immunity’ that can naturally suppress infection control by completing more than 70% of the people’s vaccinations by this fall and by November.

Among them, 5,266 residents and workers in 213 nursing homes nationwide receive vaccinations simultaneously from 9 am on the 26th, the first day of vaccination. According to data previously released by the government, about 60 nursing facility workers in Dobong-gu, Seoul, will be vaccinated on that day. Dobong-gu is also the place where group infections occurred in several nursing facilities earlier.

In addition, 292 nursing hospitals that received the vaccine on the 25th from this day will also be administered the vaccine within 5 days according to their own vaccination plan. The first vaccination is completed in March, and the second vaccination is performed every 8-12 weeks.

Also, on this day, 585,000 Pfizer vaccines arrived at Incheon International Airport through the COVAX facility, an international vaccine supply organization, and from March 27 to about 54,500 medical staff on the front line for treating COVID-19 patients. It is expected to be vaccinated by the day. The second dose of Pfizer’s vaccine is three weeks after the first dose. On the first day of vaccination on the 27th, 300 medical staff are given the vaccine first.

◇ 94% of consent rate for vaccination of the’first priority group’… Estimated prevention effect rate 63.2%’Group immunity’ possible level

According to the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters on the 26th, from this day on, △28,9480 residents and workers in nursing hospitals and facilities under the age of 65 (AstraZeneca vaccine) △54,498 medical staff to treat corona19 patients (vaccinated from the 27th, Pfizer vaccine), etc., a total of 34,3978 people in the’first priority group’ will receive the vaccine in turn.

This is the number of consent to vaccination, and the consent rates for each vaccination until the 25th were 93.7% and 95.8%. The agreement rate has increased from 93.6% and 94.6%, which the government announced on the 20th.

Therefore, the overall vaccination consent rate increased 0.2 percentage points from 93.8% to 94%. Applying 62% of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 95% of the Pfizer vaccine, the overall prevention effect is 63.2%, which is a level that allows the’collective infection’ effect to occur. The government believes that collective immunity is possible when more than 60% of the nation has neutralizing antibodies that neutralize the virus.

High-risk medical institutions and corona 19 first responders, frequently visited by severely ill patients, are also the top targets to receive vaccinations from early March. The government is counting the consent of over 400,000 people to vaccination. The vaccination vaccine is from AstraZeneca.

Lee Sang-won, director of epidemiological investigation and analysis at the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters, said at a regular briefing on the 25th, “The procedure for confirming registration of high-risk medical institutions and corona19 first responders will continue until the end of February.” It will be transparently disclosed.”

◇ AZ Vaccine, 213 nursing facilities nationwide, 5266 vaccinations from 9 am on the 26th

The AstraZeneca vaccine will be vaccinated simultaneously to 5,266 residents and workers in 213 nursing facilities nationwide from 9 am on the 26th.

About 347,000 doses (for 173,500 people) of AstraZeneca vaccine shipped from SK Bioscience’s Andong plant in Gyeongbuk on the 24th were in stock at Gtree B&T distribution center in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, and refrigerated distribution from 5:50 am on the 25th. A total of 56 vehicles carried 163,000 doses (for 81,500 people) of them and delivered them to 257 public health centers and 292 nursing hospitals. The total amount of vaccines shipped from the Andong plant by the 28th is 785,000 people, and delivery will be completed to a total of 258 public health centers and a total of 1657 nursing hospitals by this day through the distribution center.

Vaccines are delivered directly from the distribution center to the nursing hospital and inoculated directly by their own internal doctor. Vaccines for residents and workers in nursing homes are first delivered and stored to a public health center, and then at the public health center (health center visit team or facility-specific contract doctor) visit the facility and inoculate. Or, depending on the situation, vaccination is also provided in the public health center.

The nursing hospital will complete the vaccination within about 5 days after receiving the vaccine for 25 to 28 days. The nursing facility completes the first vaccination in March according to the schedule agreed with the public health center.

◇Pfizer vaccine, arriving at Incheon Airport on the 26th… Starting from the inoculation of 300 medical staff on the 27th

The Pfizer vaccine will be given priority to 54,500 workers in the Corona 19 treatment hospital from the 27th to the 20th of next month.

To this end, 58,500 Pfizer vaccines will be delivered to 5 vaccination centers after arriving at Incheon International Airport at 12:10 pm on the 26th.

These 5 locations are ΔNational Medical Center (center, for 32,200 people) ΔSuncheonhyang University Cheonan Hospital (area, for 8200 people) ΔYangsan Busan National University Hospital (area, for 9950 people) ΔChosun University Hospital (area, for 5250 people) ΔKeimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital (Area, for 2950 people).

Pfizer vaccination will be conducted at the Central Vaccination Center established in the National Medical Center from the 27th, the first week, and on the 27th day, 199 workers at the National Medical Center and 101 workers at the treatment hospital for COVID-19 patients in the metropolitan area will receive a total of 300 vaccinations. At the same time, the medical staff at the regional and regional vaccination centers are observed and educated.

From March 3, the 2nd week, vaccinations will be expanded to regional and Daegu vaccination centers. In addition, visitation training for medical staff at self-inoculated medical institutions within the region is conducted.

After that, the Pfizer vaccine is delivered to 82 self-inoculated medical institutions, and vaccination is performed according to the plan of each medical institution within the vaccine storage period (120 hours after thawing).

Vaccinations for high-risk medical institutions, the first responders for Corona 19, are scheduled to take place in early March. To this end, the government will register and confirm the target person by the end of February, establish a delivery plan by March 2, and then deliver the vaccine to the target institution in early March.

“The vaccine to be vaccinated this time is a vaccine that has been approved through a triple verification procedure of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, or has been approved for use after verification of safety and effectiveness by the World Health Organization,” said Eun-kyung Jung, head of the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Promotion Director. To form, the people who fall into the vaccination order should actively participate in vaccinations.”