Today, 513,000 People Received Vaccinations... First Dose Vaccination Rate Exceeds 10%

On the 28th, elderly individuals who completed their COVID-19 vaccinations at the vaccination center in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, were waiting in the observation area. According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team on the same day, the number of new first-dose vaccinations the previous day reached 640,000, combining 560,000 recipients of the AZ vaccine and 80,000 recipients of the Pfizer vaccine. This is the largest daily vaccination scale ever recorded. The nationwide first-dose vaccination rate, which had maintained the 7% range since the 7th, is expected to exceed 8% and enter the 9% range after 21 days. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] The first-dose COVID-19 vaccination rate in South Korea surpassed 10% on the 28th.

The COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Promotion Team) announced that the number of new first-dose vaccinations increased by 513,000 by 5 p.m. that day, bringing the cumulative total to 5,204,000.

This corresponds to about 10.1% of the total population (51,349,116 as of December last year). It has been 91 days since vaccinations began on February 26.

The Promotion Team evaluated, "Achieving 10% vaccination coverage means that the protective shield for our people against COVID-19 has become significantly stronger."

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