Seongnam City to Provide Free Flu Vaccinations for All Citizens Starting October... Agreement with City Council

The city of Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province is planning to provide free flu vaccinations to all citizens starting this October, and to ensure efficient implementation of the program, it is partnering with the Seongnam Medical Association.

On the 20th at 2 p.m., Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin and Lee Seung-hyuk, president of the Seongnam Medical Association, along with others, will sign a "Memorandum of Understanding on the Promotion of Free Flu Vaccination for All Citizens" in the situation room on the 4th floor of City Hall.

Accordingly, Seongnam will expand the number of designated vaccination entrusted medical institutions from 465 as of last year, and will cover the costs when citizens receive flu vaccinations at these hospitals. The quadrivalent influenza vaccine will also be supplied to hospitals and clinics, and the supply status will be monitored.

The Seongnam Medical Association will promote the free flu vaccination program for all Seongnam citizens to medical institutions. Additionally, it will cooperate in tasks such as electronic registration of citizens' flu vaccination records at entrusted medical institutions, billing for the related costs, vaccine retrieval, and redistribution.

The free flu vaccination for all citizens is a campaign pledge of Mayor Shin Sang-jin in the 8th local government term, and Seongnam is the first among the 31 cities and counties in the province to implement it.

Seongnam is investing a total of 16.7 billion KRW in this project.

The newly included group eligible for free vaccination this time consists of 610,000 Seongnam citizens aged 14 to 59.

Until now, Seongnam has provided free flu vaccinations only to about 310,000 people, including those aged 6 months to 13 years, those aged 60 and above, chronic disease patients aged 40 and above, persons with disabilities, and basic livelihood security recipients.

Mayor Shin Sang-jin explained, "Providing free flu vaccinations to all citizens will enhance immunity against the influenza virus, support healthy daily life, and reduce economic and social costs arising from disease occurrence."

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