On Tuesday, the Korean government started to administer an improved Covid-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant. Moderna’s bivalent vaccine is 69 percent more effective against the BA.5 subvariant of the Omicron strain.
Medical experts are warning of a “twindemic” this fall, a coming together of seasonal influenza and Covid-19, after a relatively pandemic-free Chuseok holiday.
People line up for free flu vaccines for children aged 13 to 18 in front of the Korea Association of Health Promotion branch in Suwon, Gyeonggi, Tuesday. Free flu shots will be administered for the elderly starting next week.
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