Seoul Special and Health Teachers' Vaccine Consent Rate at 67.3%

Family Transmission 53.0%, School Transmission 11.8%

Cho Hee-yeon, Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, is giving an opening remark at a press briefing held at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 6th. / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] It was found that 67.3% agreed to the COVID-19 vaccination for health and special education teachers and support staff starting from the 8th.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 6th, a survey on priority vaccination was conducted on 8,940 people as of the 25th of last month, and 6,019 people, or 67.3%, agreed.

The agreement rates for priority vaccination by occupation were ▲health teachers 75.8%, ▲health support staff 68.9%, ▲special school teachers 70.8%, ▲special school support staff 60.8%, and ▲special school administrative staff 75.5%.

As of the 5th, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases was 2,108. Among them, 1,791 were students and 317 were staff members. The routes of infection were ▲family transmission 53.0% and ▲in-school transmission 11.8%.

Cho Hee-yeon, Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, explained, "Since confirmed cases have been increasing after the school reopening, we are urging thorough quarantine management such as refraining from parent gatherings," and added, "We are continuously providing lifestyle guidance to refrain from using multi-use facilities with high student traffic such as PC bangs, study cafes, and karaoke rooms, and have established a joint quarantine system with Seoul City and autonomous districts."

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