Minister Kwon Deok-cheol of the Ministry of Health and Welfare urges additional COVID-19 vaccinations... "Rapid vaccination for high-risk groups"

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] On the afternoon of the 15th, Kwon Deok-cheol, Minister of Health and Welfare, visited a clinic-level medical institution in Sejong City and received an additional COVID-19 vaccination.

The additional COVID-19 vaccination for Minister Kwon is intended to raise awareness of the need for booster shots after the primary vaccination and to encourage prompt additional vaccinations.

As time passes after the primary COVID-19 vaccination, a waning effect occurs, reducing vaccine effectiveness, and breakthrough infections are appearing even among those who have completed vaccination.

With the gradual recovery of daily life and some easing of quarantine measures, high-risk groups such as the elderly who have passed a certain period after the primary vaccination, residents and workers in infection-vulnerable facilities require prompt booster vaccinations.

Minister Kwon, who is 60 years old this year, received the AstraZeneca vaccine for the first dose in March and the second dose in May, and received a Moderna booster shot six months after completing the primary vaccination.

After completing the booster vaccination, Minister Kwon encouraged the medical staff's hard work and stayed at the medical institution for 20 minutes to observe any adverse reactions according to the safe COVID-19 vaccination public action guidelines.

Minister Kwon said, "Since the early stages of the phased recovery of daily life, the number of confirmed cases has continued to increase. To continuously promote the difficult-to-start recovery of daily life, it is important for the public to strictly follow quarantine rules in everyday spaces, such as wearing masks indoors and outdoors and ventilating regularly."

He added, "Those aged 60 and over, residents and workers in infection-vulnerable facilities, healthcare workers, caregivers, and other priority vaccination occupational groups should definitely receive booster vaccinations according to the COVID-19 vaccination booster schedule," and urged, "As before, we ask for the active cooperation of medical personnel to expand vaccination, and we hope the public trusts the government and promptly receives the vaccine with confidence."

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