74% of Priority Vaccination Targets Complete First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

Vaccination Rate 1.12% of the Total Population

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] Approximately 74% of the priority vaccination recipients have completed their first dose within 15 days since the start of COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea.

The COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Promotion Team) announced that as of midnight on the 13th, 35,684 people had received additional vaccine doses. Since the start of domestic vaccination on the 26th of last month, the cumulative number of vaccinated individuals in the country reached 583,658 over the past fifteen days.

About 74.1% of the 787,302 priority recipients scheduled for February to March have completed their first dose. The vaccination rate relative to the domestic population (52 million) stands at approximately 1.12%.

Among all vaccinated individuals, 558,299 received the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine, and 25,359 received the Pfizer vaccine. Currently, the Pfizer vaccine is being administered to medical staff at COVID-19 treatment hospitals and others.

Looking at the 35,684 vaccinations administered nationwide in one day, Seoul had the highest number with 9,635 recipients. This was followed by Gyeonggi with 9,011, Busan 2,748, Incheon 2,050, Jeonnam 1,608, Gyeongbuk 1,468, Daegu 1,435, Gangwon 1,336, Gyeongnam 1,236, Daejeon 1,210, Gwangju 1,060, Chungnam 769, Jeonbuk 636, Chungbuk 569, Ulsan 471, Jeju 357, and Sejong 85.

The government is currently conducting vaccinations using initial supplies of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines. Both vaccines require two doses, and currently, the first dose is being administered. The second dose is scheduled to be given 10 weeks after the first for AstraZeneca and 3 weeks after the first for Pfizer.

The Promotion Team compiles and announces vaccination and adverse event data daily as of midnight.

However, if vaccination institutions delay registering recipient information or vaccination history in the system, there may be slight discrepancies in daily vaccination numbers and rates. The Promotion Team explained that 1,697 individuals who completed their first dose between the 26th and 27th of last month and between the 2nd and 11th of this month were additionally registered the previous day.

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