78.8% of COVID-19 Vaccination Completed... Increased by About 75,000 People

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] As of midnight on the 20th, the domestic COVID-19 vaccination completion rate recorded approximately 79%.

According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team, the number of people who have completed vaccination by receiving all recommended doses of the COVID-19 vaccine increased by 75,206 from the previous day, totaling 40,452,376. The vaccination completion rate is 78.8% of the total population and 90.8% of the population aged 18 and over.

The cumulative number of completed vaccinations by vaccine type is 21,624,139 for Pfizer, 11,020,367 for AstraZeneca (AZ) (including 1,764,985 AZ-Pfizer cross vaccinations), 6,311,602 for Moderna (including 8,825 Moderna-Pfizer cross vaccinations), and 1,496,268 for Janssen.

The number of first-dose vaccinations increased by 48,145 from the previous day. The cumulative number of first-dose recipients is 42,208,322, which is about 82.2% of the total population. Based on the population aged 18 and over, it is 93.2%. The number of additional vaccinations (booster shots) increased by 152,05 from the previous day, reaching a cumulative total of 1,763,218.

The number of new cases reported to health authorities as suspected adverse reactions after vaccination totaled 3,018 over the three days from the 17th to the 19th. There were 9 additional death reports during these three days. Authorities plan to investigate the causal relationship between vaccination and death. Reports of suspected anaphylaxis, a severe systemic allergic reaction, increased by 16 cases. There were 98 new reports of major adverse reactions such as neurological abnormalities.

Since the start of vaccination in the country on February 26, the cumulative number of suspected adverse reaction reports is 380,321 (including 916 cumulative deaths). This accounts for about 0.46% of the cumulative number of vaccinations (82,927,648) as of midnight on this day.

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