SEOUL: South Korea reported a three-week high 490 new coronavirus cases, with infections creeping higher as the authorities prepare for a broad vaccine rollout.
South Korea reported a three-week high 490 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, with infections creeping higher as the authorities prepare for a broad vaccine rollout. The daily tally as of Friday midnight was up slightly from 488 the day before to the highest since Feb. 19, said the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). This brings the country's total coronavirus infections to 95,176 with 1,667 COVID-19 deaths.
South Korea launched its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on Friday, with shots to be administered in some 200 nursing homes, in an effort that officials call the first step in returning the country to more normal life. The first doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine began to be given at 9 a.m.(0000 GMT) to nursing home workers and some patients at facilities across the country of about 52 million. By 6 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), 16,813 people had received their first doses, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
South Korea launched its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on Friday, with shots to be administered in some 200 nursing homes, in an effort that officials call the first step in returning the country to more normal life. The first doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine began to be given at 9 a.m.(0000 GMT) to nursing home workers and some patients at facilities across the country of about 52 million.
Prime Minister Chung Sye-Kyun (Photo Credits: Facebook)
Seoul, February 23: Those who violate social distancing restrictions will not be eligible for an upcoming batch of emergency cash handouts, South Korea s Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Tuesday. He was warning of stern measures, including the so-called one-strike, you re out punishment, amid continued reports of some shops, restaurants and other businesses nationwide breaching a set of rules aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19, Yonhap reported. At invisible places, there are frequent cases of social commitments being ignored, he said during a daily interagency meeting on the coronavirus response, held at the government office complex in Sejong, 120 kilometers south of Seoul.