Yeosu-si Starts COVID-19 Vaccination... First Step Toward Ending COVID Pandemic

COVID-19 Vaccination Center (Heungguk Gymnasium) Opens

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Yeosu City embarked on a nine-month journey to secure herd immunity starting on the 26th with COVID-19 vaccinations for employees and residents under the age of 65 at nursing hospitals and nursing facilities.

Before the full-scale operation of the COVID-19 vaccination center, the city conducted a pilot operation on the 26th, administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to 50 nursing hospital workers and 30 nursing facility workers.

On the first day of vaccination, Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok and Yeosu Mayor Kwon Oh-bong visited Heungguk Gymnasium, where the Yeosu COVID-19 vaccination center was set up, to observe the nursing hospital personnel who came for vaccination and carefully check for any inconveniences or adverse reactions.

Following the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's decision to postpone AstraZeneca vaccinations for those aged 65 and older, the city changed its vaccination plan for all employees and residents of nursing hospitals and nursing facilities to those under 65, finalizing 1,549 eligible recipients.

Nursing hospitals with doctors will conduct vaccinations independently from the 2nd to the 10th of next month, while nursing facilities without doctors will have vaccinations at the Yeosu COVID-19 vaccination center from the 4th to the 10th of next month.

First responders on the front lines of quarantine and workers at high-risk medical institutions (general hospitals and hospitals) will be vaccinated next month, and future vaccination plans will be established according to vaccine supply conditions and government plans.

A nursing hospital official who received the first vaccination in Jeonnam said, "It hurts less than the flu vaccine," and added, "Now that vaccinations have started, I hope daily life can be restored quickly so that the elderly in nursing facilities can meet their beloved families."

A city official said, "We will do our best to ensure that citizens can receive COVID-19 vaccinations safely and promptly."

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