Elderly Care Workers and Flight Attendants Begin Vaccinations on the 19th... 1,512,503 People Complete First Dose (Comprehensive)

Vaccination for Clinic-Level Medical Institutions, Pharmacy Workers, and Dialysis Patients on the 26th

Park Jun-hee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, receiving the AstraZeneca (AZ) COVID-19 vaccine at Gwanak-gu Public Health Center on the afternoon of the 16th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] COVID-19 vaccinations for workers caring for people with disabilities, the elderly, veterans, and flight attendants will begin on the 19th.

According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team on the 18th, workers caring for people with disabilities, the elderly, and national veterans, as well as flight attendants, will receive vaccinations starting on the 19th at local clinics and other facilities entrusted by the government to administer COVID-19 vaccinations.

However, those under 30 years old are excluded from receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine to prevent side effects related to thrombosis.

From the 26th, medical institution staff at the clinic level, pharmacy workers, and dialysis patients will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Vaccinations for Police, Firefighters, and Military Personnel Moved Up from June to End of This Month

Vaccinations for social essential workers such as police, coast guard, firefighters, and military personnel aged 30 and above will be moved up from the original schedule in June to the end of this month or early next month.

Due to restrictions on AstraZeneca vaccinations for those under 30 to prevent thrombosis side effects, 640,000 people were excluded from the second quarter vaccination target, so this vaccine will be used for vaccinating social essential workers.

The government plans to maximize the number of first-dose recipients in the second quarter. AstraZeneca vaccines stored for second doses at nursing hospitals will be recalled and prioritized for first doses for other target groups, with vaccines arriving later in the country to be used for second doses.

On the 2nd, at Mapo-gu Public Health Center in Seoul, a medical staff member is busy filling a syringe with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ahead of vaccination for the head of a health and medical organization. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

According to the Promotion Team, as of midnight on this day, 29,165 new first-dose vaccinations were administered, bringing the total number of first-dose recipients to 1,512,503. There were zero new second-dose vaccinations, with a total of 60,585 people having completed the second dose.

1,000,235 people received the AstraZeneca vaccine, and 512,268 people received the Pfizer vaccine.

Second Quarter Vaccination Rate 17.4%... First Quarter Vaccination Rate 89.3%

Among the second quarter vaccination targets, 28,212 new vaccinations were administered, bringing the cumulative number of vaccinated individuals to 729,336, with a vaccination rate of 17.4%.

Among those aged 75 and older who began vaccinations at vaccination centers on the 1st of this month, as well as elderly facility users, residents, and workers, a total of 451,367 people received the first dose, with first-dose rates of 10.7% and 48.4%, respectively.

The first-dose vaccination rates for nursing hospital and facility inpatients, residents, and workers aged 65 and older, who began vaccinations on the 23rd of last month, were 62.6% and 61.8%, respectively.

Among first quarter vaccination targets, 953 new first-dose vaccinations were administered, completing first doses for 783,167 people, resulting in a vaccination rate of 89.3%.

By institution and target group for the first quarter, nursing hospitals had 186,887 people vaccinated (89.6%), nursing facilities had 104,212 people (93.9%), first responders had 67,439 people (85.4%), and hospital-level or higher medical institutions had 362,719 people (87.8%) complete their first dose.

For COVID-19 treatment hospitals currently undergoing second-dose vaccinations, 60,901 people (95.9%) received the first dose, and 60,577 people (95.4%) received the second dose.

As of midnight on this day, 78 new cases suspected of adverse reactions after vaccination were reported, bringing the total to 12,197 cases.

Common side effects such as muscle pain, headache, fever, chills, and nausea accounted for 110,986 cases (98.3%), making up the majority.

One additional case each of anaphylaxis and severe suspected reactions were reported, bringing the cumulative totals to 123 and 32 cases, respectively, while no new deaths were reported, keeping the cumulative death count at 56 cases.