639,000 People Aged 65-69 Complete Pre-Booking for Vaccination on First Day (Update)

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] The COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Director Jeong Eun-kyung) announced on the 11th that on the first day of advance reservations for COVID-19 vaccinations for those aged 65-69, 639,000 people, accounting for 21.4% of the 2,987,000 eligible individuals, completed their reservations.

This figure is higher than the 11.5% reservation rate on the first day of advance reservations for those aged 70-74.

According to the Promotion Team, for those aged 70-74, whose advance reservations have been ongoing since the 6th, 263,000 people made reservations the previous day, bringing the total number of reservations to 854,000. As of midnight on that day, 40.1% of the 2.13 million eligible individuals had completed their reservations, and reservations are available until the 3rd of next month.

The Promotion Team stated, "As the advance reservation target has been expanded to those aged 65 and older, we ask that you make reservations through the online system available 24 hours a day for smoother reservation processing."

If children or others make reservations on behalf of the eligible individuals, only the identity verification of the child or person making the reservation is required for proxy booking.

Also, vaccination institutions allow eligible individuals to select their preferred medical institution among designated hospitals and clinics (consigned medical institutions) regardless of their address to schedule their vaccination appointments.

Online reservations are available 24 hours a day, while phone reservations (1339 or local government call centers) are available on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Phone numbers for local government call centers can be found on the COVID-19 Vaccination website (http://ncv.kdca.go.kr).

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