The Corona 19 vaccine (red) to be vaccinated against the USFK is being transferred to Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 25th. It is the first Corona 19 vaccine brought into Korea, and is a modder product of about 1,000 times. Vaccinations transferred to Brian Allgood Army Hospital in Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do will start with essential personnel such as the hospital’s medical staff as early as next week. In the future, as additional quantities of vaccine arrive, all members of the USFK, including KATUSA Soldiers and military personnel, will be vaccinated. [뉴시스]
– In celebration of Christmas, vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is spreading around the world. Following the US and UK, where more than 1 million people have already been vaccinated, countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America also joined the vaccination line. However, in Korea, the first vaccination is expected to be possible only after 2-3 months.
Global corona vaccine spread
Mexico and Chile join the vaccination ranks
Middle East countries such as Saudi Arabia are also starting to hit
Bringing in Korea as early as 2-3 months
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– Mexico is the first country in Latin America to start vaccinating against coronavirus. On the morning of the 24th (local time), Maria Irene Ramirez, 59, a nurse who works in the intensive care unit of a public hospital in Mexico City, became the first inoculation. “The best gift of the year,” said Ramirez, who was vaccinated in front of a live camera. Mexico received the first 3,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines from Belgium the day before. Including the 50,000 doses that will arrive next week, 1.4 million doses will be received by the end of January next year, and inoculations will be given in the order of health care workers and the elderly. Following Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica also started vaccinating Pfizer on that day.
Argentina received 300,000 doses of Russian Sputnik V vaccine this morning. Argentine health authorities approved the use of the vaccine for the third time in the world the day before, after Russia and Belarus. Argentina plans to start vaccinating next week. The sovereign wealth fund’Russian Direct Investment Fund’ (RDIF) that supported the development recently announced that the immunity effect was confirmed to be 91.4% as a result of inoculating 20,000 Moscow citizens.
Middle Eastern countries are also accelerating vaccination. Kuwait started a large-scale vaccination to Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Alhammad Al-Sabah on the same day. Prior to this, Saudi Arabia (17th), Israel (20th), and Qatar (23rd) began vaccination of the Pfizer vaccine, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began on the 14th, the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinoparm (China Pharmaceutical Group). It is hitting the developed vaccine.
The vaccine is also spreading in Europe. With Pfizer starting to distribute the vaccine to EU member states on the 23rd, Germany is expected to start vaccination on the 27th. The first supply is 150,000 servings. German Health Minister Jensschfan said, “By the end of the year, 1.3 million doses will be distributed throughout Germany, and at least 670,000 doses will be added each week from January next year.” Turkey announced on the 24th that the vaccine developed by China’s state-run pharmaceutical company Sinovac showed 91.25% of the preventive effect as a result of a clinical trial involving 7,000 people. Turkish Health Minister Fahretin Koza said, “When the vaccine arrives on the 28th, we plan to inoculate 9 million people, starting with health workers.” Synovac vaccine was approved for urgent use in Brazil, but the final clinical trial data were not disclosed, raising concerns about transparency.
The first vaccine was brought into Korea on the 25th of Christmas. FedEx Airlines (FX) 5230, a freighter departing from Memphis in the United States, arrived at the cargo terminal of Incheon International Airport at 12:54 pm on the same day, loaded with 1000 doses of modder vaccine. However, it was not for the Korean people, but for the USFK. The AstraZeneca vaccine contracted by the Korean government is expected to be available only from February to March next year. “Compared to many countries that initially secured vaccines by concentrating all of their capabilities, our government has failed to secure sufficient quantities,” said the president of the Korea Medical Association (Medical Association). You have to work for it.”
Reporters Changwoo Kim and Eunhye Choi [email protected]
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