Daegu City Begins 'AZ Vaccine' Administration for First Responders to COVID-19 ... Mayor Kwon Young-jin Also Receives Priority Vaccination

Mayor Kwon: "We Will Show Citizens 'Vaccine Safety'"

On the 5th, medical staff at Gangneung Asan Hospital administered the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine themselves.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City began administering the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine to 'COVID-19 primary response personnel' starting from the 7th, in accordance with the government's COVID-19 vaccination guidelines.

Previously, on the 26th of last month, Daegu City started AZ vaccine administration to approximately 13,000 inpatients, residents, and workers under 65 years old at nursing hospitals and nursing facilities in the Daegu area. From the 3rd, Pfizer vaccinations began for about 3,000 workers at COVID-19 treatment hospitals.

On the 4th, AZ vaccines were administered to about 21,000 workers at high-risk medical institutions, and starting from the 7th, the same type of vaccine was also given to COVID-19 primary response personnel.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, along with Kim Young-ae, Director of Citizen Safety, epidemiological investigators, and others, are scheduled to receive the AZ vaccine at Jung-gu Health Center around 11 a.m. on the 8th as COVID-19 primary response personnel.

Mayor Kwon Young-jin of Daegu stated before vaccination, "As the head of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, I will be the first to receive the vaccine to set an example and show citizens that the vaccine is safe."

Meanwhile, general citizens are expected to be able to receive vaccinations starting in July at nine regional vaccination centers and about 800 designated medical institutions, depending on vaccine supply conditions.

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