Gwangju City Signs COVID-19 Vaccination Agreement with Medical Institutions and Organizations

On the afternoon of the 25th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, signed a business agreement with local medical institutions and organizations in the business room on the 3rd floor of City Hall to support rapid COVID-19 vaccination. From the left in the photo: Park Hyang, Director of the Welfare and Health Bureau of Gwangju City; Kim Jae-hyu, President of the Gwangju-Jeonnam Hospital Association; Yang Dong-ho, President of the Gwangju Medical Association; Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City; Kim Suk-jung, President of the Gwangju Nurses Association; Ahn Young-geun, Director of Chonnam National University Hospital; Jeong Jong-hoon, Director of Chosun University Hospital. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City, the Gwangju Medical Association, the Korea Hospital Association Gwangju-Jeonnam Hospital Association, the Gwangju Nurses Association, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Chosun University Hospital signed a business agreement on the afternoon of the 25th at the city hall business room for the rapid COVID-19 vaccination.

The business agreement ceremony was attended by Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop, Gwangju Medical Association President Yang Dong-ho, Gwangju-Jeonnam Hospital Association President Kim Jae-hyu, Gwangju Nurses Association President Kim Sook-jung, Chonnam National University Hospital Director Ahn Young-geun, and Chosun University Hospital Director Jeong Jong-hoon.

According to the agreement, Gwangju City will promptly provide information related to COVID-19 vaccination to medical institutions and organizations, and pay various allowances within the budget to medical institutions and personnel participating in the vaccination.

In addition, medical institutions and organizations will trust and cooperate with the government and Gwangju City's vaccination plans and actively support medical personnel such as doctors and nurses for the operation of vaccination centers.

With this agreement, COVID-19 vaccination in the Gwangju area is expected to proceed smoothly under close cooperation between Gwangju City and medical institutions and organizations.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “Gwangju City and local medical institutions and organizations are making thorough preparations to ensure that COVID-19 vaccination proceeds safely and rapidly without any setbacks according to government policies,” adding, “We will do our best to help citizens return to their daily lives as soon as possible.”

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 vaccination centers will open sequentially, starting with the regional vaccination center at Chosun University Hospital in February, followed by Yeomju Sports Complex in Seo-gu in March, and the remaining four district vaccination centers from May to July.

Earlier, Gwangju City completed preparations, including a full inspection of the vaccination process at Yeomju Sports Complex in Seo-gu on the 19th, and will begin vaccinations from the 26th.

The target population for COVID-19 vaccination in Gwangju City is 1,015,000 people, which is 70% of the total city population. The vaccination starting on the 26th for nursing hospitals and nursing facilities will administer the AstraZeneca vaccine to 10,351 people (94.5%) who consented to vaccination among 10,956 residents and workers at 148 facilities.

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