SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea had inoculated over 20 million people as of Tuesday since starting its nationwide vaccination program in late February, taking a step towards creating herd immunity by September. A total of slightly more than 20 million people had received their first shots of COVID-19 vaccines as of 10:20 [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the ramped-up vaccine rollout, it will likely be difficult to reach herd immunity against the novel coronavirus, local health experts said Monday. “The COVID-19 virus is likely to be a new normal,” said Oh Myoung-don, head of the country’s central clinical committee for emerging disease control, adding that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin its first inoculations against the novel coronavirus later this week, health authorities said Tuesday, adding it might not be able to achieve herd immunity by November. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said it will launch the free inoculation program with British-Swedish pharmaceutical [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Only one out of 1,440 people has antibodies for the new coronavirus in South Korea, a second round of antibody tests in the country showed Monday, reinforcing the notion that the nation’s aggressive containment efforts might have curbed the prevalence of the virus. The result also indicated that herd immunity, [...]