On the First Day of Vaccination, 16,183 People Nationwide Completed Vaccination by 6 AM

President Moon Jae-in visited the Mapo-gu Public Health Center in Seoul on the 26th and observed Dr. Kim Yuntae, a rehabilitation facility worker (Purme Nexus Children's Rehabilitation Hospital), receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] As of 6 p.m. on the first day of COVID-19 vaccination on the 26th, a total of 16,813 eligible individuals nationwide have completed their vaccinations.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced the provisional tally of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine recipients on this day. Among the 289,480 individuals under 65 years old who are inpatients, residents, or workers at nationwide nursing hospitals, facilities, and mental health and rehabilitation facilities who agreed to vaccination, 5.81% completed their first dose on the first day.

The KDCA previously announced the vaccination plan, stating that 5,266 residents and workers at 213 nursing facilities nationwide would receive the vaccine on this day, and separately, 292 nursing hospitals would conduct vaccinations according to their hospital conditions.

The KDCA plans to release vaccination statistics as of midnight on this day around 9:30 a.m. on the 27th. The KDCA intends to announce these vaccination statistics daily, alongside the daily trends of new COVID-19 confirmed cases.

Meanwhile, the first Pfizer vaccine doses, which arrived in the country and were distributed to vaccination centers nationwide on this day, are scheduled to be administered on the morning of the 27th at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. A total of 300 people are eligible for vaccination, including 199 staff members of the National Medical Center and 101 workers at COVID-19 treatment hospitals in the metropolitan area.

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