Jeonnam Province Targets 546,000 People for COVID-19 Vaccinations in Q2

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced on the 16th that it plans to conduct the second quarter COVID-19 vaccination for 546,000 people by June.

The second quarter vaccination targets include elderly people aged 65 and over, special education workers, health teachers, chronic disease patients under 64, medical institution and pharmacy workers, and essential social personnel such as police, coast guard, and firefighters.

About 25,000 workers and residents of nursing hospitals and facilities aged 65 and over, whose AstraZeneca vaccinations were postponed in the first quarter, will be vaccinated starting from the 23rd. Nursing hospitals will conduct vaccinations on-site, while nursing facilities will be served by public health center visiting vaccination teams.

In particular, approximately 217,000 mobile elderly people aged 75 and over and about 46,000 residents and workers of elderly facilities will receive the Pfizer vaccine at local vaccination centers.

About 15,000 workers at elderly communal living homes, facilities for the disabled, Hansen’s disease residential facilities, homeless shelters, and caregivers for the disabled and elderly home visits will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at entrusted medical institutions or through public health center visiting vaccination teams.

About 3,000 special education workers, health teachers, and daycare center workers will be vaccinated at public health centers, while about 16,000 kindergarten, daycare, and first and second grade elementary school teachers will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at entrusted medical institutions.

Among chronic disease patients under 64, about 2,600 with chronic kidney disease or severe chronic respiratory disease will be vaccinated with AstraZeneca at entrusted medical institutions.

About 37,600 medical institution and pharmacy workers, as well as essential social personnel such as police and military personnel, will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at entrusted medical institutions.

To ensure smooth vaccination, the province plans to conduct full-process simulation training for Pfizer vaccinations from the 22nd to the 29th at five local vaccination centers that will open first.

Additionally, to increase vaccination rates among residents in areas with poor access to vaccination centers, the province plans to assist with registration and transportation for mobile elderly people aged 75 and over starting in early April at eup, myeon, and dong administrative offices.

Kang Young-gu, Director of the Jeonnam Provincial Department of Health and Welfare, said, “As the vaccine supply schedule has been moved up, we will thoroughly prepare to ensure rapid and safe vaccination,” and urged, “Please actively participate in vaccination to form herd immunity.”

Meanwhile, as of the previous day, 31,034 out of 38,194 first-quarter vaccination targets in the Jeonnam area have completed vaccination, showing a vaccination rate of 81.3%.

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