More than 47,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, about 1,000 more than a week before as the nation enters yet another wave of the pandemic.
In a daily briefing Thursday, health officials strongly advised young people with underlying illnesses to get vaccinated, pointing to recent statistics showing a growing number of deaths in this group.
Korea expanded the eligibility for fourth doses of Covid-19 vaccines to all people over the age of 59 starting Thursday.
The vaccination rate for booster shots is dropping significantly even as the number of daily cases topped 300,000 on March 9 and 10.
On Thursday, President Moon Jae-in apologized for the government’s failure to control a steep increase in the number of critically-ill Covid-19 patients and a lack of ICU beds. In an earlier meeting at the Central Disaster and...
Korea reduced the interval between vaccination and booster shots to three months for adults on Friday.
Korea will add a six-month expiration date to its Covid-19 vaccine passes and speed up the administration of booster shots for people between the ages of 18 and 49.
Health authorities declared that Korea’s Covid-19 risk was “high” over the past week, as pandemic indicators continue to worsen.
Korea is speeding up booster shots for the elderly, the sick, people in their 50s, soldiers, police and firefighters amid soaring infections and hospitalizations.
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