Jeon Dong-pyeong, Yeongam County Governor, Receives AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Injection

"I hope the anxiety and distrust about vaccine side effects will disappear"

County Governor Jeondongpyeong received the COVID-19 vaccine (AstraZeneca) at the public health center on the 23rd. (Photo by Yeongam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Jeonnam Yeongam-gun announced on the 26th that County Governor Jeon Dong-pyeong received the COVID-19 vaccine (AstraZeneca) at the public health center on the 23rd.

According to Yeongam-gun, the government conducted the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations targeting frontline responders at the local disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters. To enhance trust in the vaccination and encourage citizen participation, vaccinations were also guided for basic local government heads of the local disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters.

The heads of the local disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters are the mayors and governors of cities, provinces, counties, and districts. Jeon Dong-pyeong, the head of Yeongam-gun’s disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters, received the vaccine in sequence along with special education, childcare workers, and health teachers at the public health center, hoping to alleviate fears and distrust regarding vaccine side effects.

Since the 26th of last month, Yeongam-gun has started COVID-19 vaccinations (AstraZeneca) for workers and residents of nursing hospitals and nursing facilities under 65 years old. In the first quarter, vaccinations were administered to high-risk medical institution healthcare workers, psychiatric institution closed ward inpatients, 119 emergency medical technicians, epidemiological investigators, and other frontline COVID-19 responders. In the second quarter, vaccinations are being carried out according to the plan for school and childcare workers, vulnerable facilities, and others.

On the 15th, Yeongam-gun opened a vaccination center at Yeongam Indoor Gymnasium to vaccinate seniors aged 75 and older as well as residents and workers of elderly facilities. Vaccinations are being appropriately distributed and administered according to vaccine supply conditions.

Governor Jeon Dong-pyeong said, “COVID-19 vaccination is the safest and most effective way to escape the risk of infectious diseases and return to daily life,” adding, “We expect Yeongam-gun to become a safer community through the vaccination of our citizens.”

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