[Breaking News] Jeong Eun-kyung: "23% Vaccination Rate Insufficient to Block Infection... At Least 70% Needed"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] On the 14th, Jung Eun-kyung, Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, stated at the regular COVID-19 briefing, "At least 70% first-dose vaccination coverage is required to consider a certain level of interruption of community transmission."

Commissioner Jung explained, "Even in the UK, where the first-dose vaccination rate has reached 60%, the number of confirmed cases is increasing due to the Indian 'Delta' variant," adding, "This shows us how much the vaccination rate needs to increase and how to respond to variants."

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