COVID-19 Vaccine Reservations Open Tomorrow for Ages 60-64... Vaccinations Start from Next Month 7

AstraZeneca Vaccinations from 7th to 19th Next Month
835,000 Doses of COVAX AstraZeneca Vaccine
Additional Arrival on the Afternoon of the 13th

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] Pre-registration for COVID-19 vaccination for those aged 60 to 64 (born 1957-1961) will be conducted from tomorrow until the 3rd of next month. The target population for vaccination is 4,003,000 people, who will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at designated medical institutions nationwide from the 7th to the 19th of next month.

Pre-registration for kindergarten, daycare, and elementary school 1st and 2nd grade teachers and childcare workers will also begin on the 13th. Among teachers and childcare workers, 364,000 are eligible for vaccination and will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at designated medical institutions from the 7th to the 19th of next month.

Amid ongoing concerns about vaccine supply imbalances, the government expects no difficulties in achieving the vaccination target for the first half of the year following the additional arrival of COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines on the afternoon of the 13th.

The government’s inter-agency vaccine procurement task force (TF) announced on the 12th, "835,000 doses of COVAX AstraZeneca vaccine are scheduled to arrive tomorrow at 7 p.m." The government explained, "Adding the 7.23 million doses of individually contracted AstraZeneca vaccines to be supplied from the 14th through early June and the 835,000 doses supplied this time, the total reaches 8.065 million doses. Including 5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines in May and June, this quantity is sufficient to support the goal of first-dose vaccination for 13 million people in the first half of the year."

Of the total 2.102 million doses of COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines scheduled for delivery in the first half of the year, the remaining 835,000 doses are expected to be supplied in June. The AstraZeneca vaccines supplied through COVAX this time will be used for second doses starting on the 14th and first doses beginning on the 27th.

According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team, as of midnight today, 6,029 new first-dose vaccinations were administered, bringing the total number of first-dose recipients to 3,698,657. Among them, 2,027,084 received the AstraZeneca vaccine, and 1,671,573 received the Pfizer vaccine. The number of second-dose vaccinations increased by 80,788, totaling 664,813 to date. The vaccination rate relative to the population is 7.2% for the first dose and 1.3% for completed vaccinations.

The number of new vaccinations, which once reached up to 250,000 per day, has recently dropped sharply, with only 3 vaccinations recorded on the 9th. The government is maximizing the use of second doses as first doses, resulting in a temporary "vaccination hiatus" period.

Meanwhile, 438,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines directly contracted by the government arrived at Incheon International Airport early this morning via UPS cargo flight. The government has secured a total of 66 million doses (33 million people) of Pfizer vaccines through direct purchase contracts, with 2.874 million doses delivered domestically including today's arrival. A total of 7 million doses are scheduled to be introduced by the first half of this year, with an additional 4.126 million doses expected by next month.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.