Daegu City Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations for Ages 65-74 Today... 246,000 Eligible Recipients

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin conducting the COVID-19 Pan-Citizen Countermeasures Committee meeting remotely on April 13.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] The Daegu City COVID-19 Vaccination Implementation Task Force (Head: Deputy Mayor Chae Hong-ho) will begin the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination for 246,000 people aged 65 to 74 (born 1947?56) starting from the 27th.

The COVID-19 vaccination pre-registration, which began sequentially on the 6th, recorded that among 104,149 people aged 70 to 74, 61,239 (58.8%) made reservations, and among 142,811 people aged 65 to 69, 73,754 (51.6%) made reservations by the 25th. Pre-registration will continue until June 3.

Vaccinations will be available at pre-registered medical institutions from the 27th to June 19, using the AstraZeneca vaccine. Among the vaccination targets aged 60 to 64 (born 1957?61), 75,098 out of 186,657 (40.2%) made reservations since the 13th, and AstraZeneca vaccinations will be administered at designated medical institutions starting June 7.

Chronic severe respiratory disease patients will also begin vaccination at pre-registered designated medical institutions from the 27th. Vaccinations for second-quarter unvaccinated groups such as kindergarten, daycare, and elementary school (grades 1 and 2) teachers and care personnel, essential social workers, healthcare workers, and care workers will be conducted from June 7 to 19. Pfizer vaccinations for 60,000 unvaccinated seniors aged 75 and older, resumed since the 24th, will be completed by the end of June.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin emphasized, "As the highly transmissible variant virus spreads nationwide and COVID-19 infections continue to rise, I urge seniors and eligible individuals to set a healthy day and receive their vaccinations without fail."

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