Jung Eun-kyung: "Around the 25th of this month, 70% vaccination completion expected... 'Phased Daily Recovery' likely to start around the 9th of next month"

Jung Eun-kyung, Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, attended the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee's audit of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency held at the National Assembly on the 6th, and is reporting on her duties. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] The quarantine authorities forecast that the nationwide vaccination completion rate will reach 70% around the 25th of this month. It is expected that phased daily recovery will be possible from early November, two weeks after the antibody formation period.

On the 7th, Jeong Eun-kyung, Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, stated during the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee's audit held that morning, in response to a question from Kang Ki-yoon, a member of the People Power Party, "We expect to achieve a 70% nationwide vaccination completion rate in the week starting with the 25th of this month," adding, "Considering the two-week antibody formation period, phased daily recovery could begin around November 9."

According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team on the same day, as of midnight, 28,506,355 people have completed vaccination, accounting for 55.5% of the total population. To reach the target vaccination completion rate of 70% set by the authorities, approximately 7.5 million more vaccinations are needed. Considering that about 8.3 million people who received the first dose of the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine will reach their vaccination completion period by the 24th, achieving this goal appears to be quite feasible.

The previous day, Commissioner Jeong also announced that by the end of this month, in addition to 70% of the entire population, "we will prepare for the transition to 'phased daily recovery' through vaccination completion rates of 90% for those aged 60 and over and 80% for adults aged 18 and over." She explained that if all three conditions are met, it will lay the groundwork for moving toward 'With COVID-19.'

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