Daejeon to Begin Pfizer Vaccinations for Those Aged 75 and Over Starting Next Month

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City will begin COVID-19 vaccinations for seniors aged 75 and older starting next month.

According to the city on the 22nd, the vaccination targets are those born on or before December 31, 1946 (a total of 86,495 people) who have an address in Daejeon or actually reside there. However, those who have mobility difficulties or serious underlying health conditions are excluded from vaccination.

The vaccine to be administered to the elderly from next month is Pfizer, and the city will conduct vaccinations according to the situation at each autonomous district’s vaccination center.

In this regard, the city recently held an online meeting with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and city/provincial administrative directors, as well as an emergency video conference chaired by the Director of Local Autonomy, to intensively discuss the promotion direction and related matters.

During the discussions, the city considered that it would be difficult for seniors aged 75 and older to make vaccination reservations online by themselves and that many would have mobility issues, so it decided to support the entire vaccination process at the neighborhood (dong) level.

In particular, the city plans to advance the opening dates of vaccination centers in each autonomous district from the originally planned late April to early or mid-April, and to prepare in advance the vaccination order, transportation plans, and quarantine measures so that vaccinations can begin immediately once vaccine supply quantities are allocated.

To this end, starting from the 19th, neighborhood community leaders (tongjang) will visit each household to distribute and collect consent forms for vaccination, and the neighborhood offices will register the collected consent form information into the vaccination system.

The vaccination will be conducted with the second dose administered three weeks after the first dose. The city plans to monitor for adverse reactions for three days after vaccination.

Heo Tae-jeong, Mayor of Daejeon, said, “We will establish an organic cooperative system between administrative and welfare departments to ensure that the vaccination proceeds without any setbacks.”

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