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Tue, April 13, 2021 | 01:09
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About 18,500 Koreans get COVID-19 vaccines on vaccination Day 1
Posted : 2021-02-27 09:47
Updated : 2021-02-27 19:16
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About 18,500 people received a COVID-19 vaccination here on the first day of the country's inoculation program against the coronavirus pandemic, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters said Saturday. Courtesy of Gangnam District Office
About 18,500 people received a COVID-19 vaccination here on the first day of the country's inoculation program against the coronavirus pandemic, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters said Saturday. Courtesy of Gangnam District Office

About 18,500 people received a COVID-19 vaccination here on the first day of the country's inoculation program against the coronavirus pandemic, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (CDSCH) said Saturday.

According to the government agency, 18,489 people across the country got their first shots of the two-dose AstraZeneca vaccine.

"On Friday, 18,489 medical workers, health care workers and nursing home patients received the AstraZeneca vaccine at community health centers and 213 nursing facilities in 17 metropolitan cities and provinces as planned," said Interior and Safety Minister Jeon Hae-cheol at an agency meeting.

The minister noted there were no reports of specific adverse reactions from vaccine recipients, except for mild symptoms, such as headaches and fever.

He said the administering of Pfizer's vaccine also began at five vaccination centers nationwide Saturday, adding the first shipment of 58,500 doses arrived in Korea Friday and an additional 500,000 doses are due in mid-March. (Yonhap)


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