Jong-Hoon Park, Superintendent of Gyeongnam Education Office, "Recommend Student Vaccination Within the Range of Minimizing Anxiety"

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jucheol In] Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Gyeongnam Office of Education, said on the 26th that he would "consider policies to encourage vaccination" in response to the low student vaccination rate.

Superintendent Park made this remark during the 390th regular session of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council when Assemblyman Seong Nakin asked about measures to address the low vaccination rate.

While conveying the explanation from health authorities and the Ministry of Education that "the positive effects of vaccination are more than five times greater than the negative effects caused by non-vaccination," Superintendent Park also stated, "There is caution because active encouragement could lead to side effects."

He added, "It is necessary for the health authorities and the Office of Education to coordinate their opinions well so that parents' anxiety is minimized and vaccination can be encouraged within that scope."

As of the 22nd, the COVID-19 vaccination rate among students in the province shows that 97.5% of third-year high school students have been vaccinated, but the second-dose vaccination rate for adolescents aged 12 to 17, including second-year high school students and below, was recorded at 14.4%.

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