Seoul: South Korea To accelerate the pace of its immunization campaign, it on Monday discontinued Covid-19 vaccination for people aged 55-59, as the country grapples with a fourth wave of infections.
The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations for people in their upper 50s was halted this month by a week-long, when a record high number of new cases sparked rushes for shots, exhausted available supplies and led to a Crashed the official reservation website.
About 6.17 million people, or 84% in their 50s, signed up for vaccinations in the past week, and officials switched to Pfizer/BioNtech’s COVID-19 vaccine. Modern Due to fluctuations in the shipment schedule, the shoot was done for some of the group.
Officials faced criticism for supply shortages and last-minute changes that temporarily extended the dosing interval. pfizer 4 weeks shots instead of 3 to match Moderna.
South Korea has made vaccination of the elderly, vulnerable and frontline health workers a priority. It has vaccinated 33% of its 52 million population with at least one dose, while 13% have been fully vaccinated.
NS Korea Agency for Disease Control and Prevention On Sunday, 1,318 new coronavirus cases were reported. The total infection in the country is 1,90,166 with 2,077 deaths.
Large-scale testing and tracing has helped the country suffer a low Covid-19 death rate without a complete lockdown so far compared to other developed countries, but the new wave of infections on Sunday stunned the government for most of the country this week. Inspired to tighten social distancing rules in parts. Head of transmission over the summer holidays.
The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations for people in their upper 50s was halted this month by a week-long, when a record high number of new cases sparked rushes for shots, exhausted available supplies and led to a Crashed the official reservation website.
About 6.17 million people, or 84% in their 50s, signed up for vaccinations in the past week, and officials switched to Pfizer/BioNtech’s COVID-19 vaccine. Modern Due to fluctuations in the shipment schedule, the shoot was done for some of the group.
Officials faced criticism for supply shortages and last-minute changes that temporarily extended the dosing interval. pfizer 4 weeks shots instead of 3 to match Moderna.
South Korea has made vaccination of the elderly, vulnerable and frontline health workers a priority. It has vaccinated 33% of its 52 million population with at least one dose, while 13% have been fully vaccinated.
NS Korea Agency for Disease Control and Prevention On Sunday, 1,318 new coronavirus cases were reported. The total infection in the country is 1,90,166 with 2,077 deaths.
Large-scale testing and tracing has helped the country suffer a low Covid-19 death rate without a complete lockdown so far compared to other developed countries, but the new wave of infections on Sunday stunned the government for most of the country this week. Inspired to tighten social distancing rules in parts. Head of transmission over the summer holidays.
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