Gyeongju City's 'First Vaccine Recipient' Nursing Facility Director Couple "Volunteered to Ease Residents' Anxiety"

Director Gong Byeong-ryeol and spouse of Good Morning Nursing Home vaccinated under Mayor Ju Nak-yeong's watch
... Vaccination of 1,428 people at 27 nursing hospitals and facilities to be completed by late March at the latest

Director Gong Byeong-ryeol (57) of Good Morning Nursing Home in Geoncheon-eup and his wife Kim Jong-hee (54) receiving vaccinations at Gyeongju Public Health Center at 9 a.m. on the 26th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] "My spouse and I decided to get vaccinated first to prevent the elderly and staff at our nursing home from worrying about the vaccine's safety."

At 9 a.m. on the 26th, Gong Byeong-ryeol (57), director of Good Morning Nursing Home in Geoncheon-eup, Gyeongju, who became the first vaccine recipient in Gyeongju at the Gyeongju Public Health Center, showed a relaxed expression after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine along with his wife Kim Jong-hee (54) and the deputy director couple.

On this day, the Gyeongju Public Health Center began full-scale vaccination starting with these couples and 10 workers from three nursing facilities.

The Gyeongju Public Health Center plans to complete vaccination by the end of March at the latest for 1,428 people, including residents, patients under 65 years old, and workers at 27 nursing hospitals and nursing facilities.

Although vaccination started through the city health center on the 26th, full-scale vaccination targeting nursing hospitals and nursing facilities will begin on the 2nd of next month. The main reason is to avoid medical staff shortages during the weekend holidays and the March 1st holiday.

Also, from the 8th and 22nd of next month, vaccination will be conducted for workers at high-risk medical institutions and COVID-19 response personnel.

A city health center official explained, "Vaccination for medical workers at eight local high-risk medical institutions, including Saecheonyeon Hospital and Geunmadi Hospital, will start on March 8, and from the 22nd of the same month, vaccination will be conducted for COVID-19 response personnel at health center screening clinics, etc. All vaccines used in this vaccination will be AstraZeneca vaccines produced by SK Bioscience in Andong."

He added, "Pfizer vaccines are scheduled to be delivered to Gyeongju via the Yeongnam regional vaccination center at Busan National University Hospital in Yangsan in the afternoon of the 26th (according to schedule). After preparation, vaccinations for medical workers are expected to be conducted at Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital, the local dedicated institution, in March."

Meanwhile, on the morning of the 26th, Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young visited the Gyeongju Public Health Center, where the region's first vaccine recipient was vaccinated, to encourage the vaccine recipients and health center staff.

Mayor Joo Nak-young said at the event, "It is touching to see vaccination taking place exactly one year after the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. We will mobilize all administrative power to end COVID-19 until all citizens complete vaccination."

Mayor Ju Nak-yeong of Gyeongju is seen talking with Gong Byeong-ryeol (57), director of Good Morning Nursing Home in Geoncheon-eup, and his spouse, who became the first vaccine recipients, at Gyeongju Public Health Center on the morning of the 26th.

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