COVID-19 First Dose Vaccination Rate Surpasses 80%... Jeong Eun-gyeong Thanks Citizens and Medical Staff (Update)

Jung Eun-kyung, Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, is announcing the final implementation plan for the new quarantine system "Phased Daily Recovery," which will be introduced from the 1st of next month, at the government complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 29th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] The first dose COVID-19 vaccination rate surpassed 80% on the 29th.

The COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team announced that as of 4 p.m. on the same day, the provisional tally showed that the number of people who received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine exceeded 80% of the population.

The cumulative number of first-dose recipients was 41,081,220, accounting for 80.0% of the entire population. Among them, 38,169,300 people completed their vaccination, resulting in a completion rate of 74.3%.

Among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries, as of the 24th, countries with a first-dose vaccination rate of over 80% include Portugal, Iceland, Spain, and Chile.

Regarding the achievement of the 80% first-dose vaccination rate, Jeong Eun-kyung, head of the Promotion Team, said, "We thank all citizens who actively participated in vaccination with hopes for their family's health and the recovery of daily life, as well as all medical staff and others who worked hard to ensure safe vaccinations," adding, "To minimize COVID-19 damage and establish a daily life safely coexisting with the virus, please actively participate in vaccination and adhere to quarantine guidelines."

The Promotion Team stated, "We will do our best to ensure that the remaining vaccinations for children, adolescents, and pregnant women, as well as additional vaccinations sequentially administered from the fourth quarter, proceed safely," and urged, "As the transition to phased daily recovery begins in November, the risk of cluster infections and severe deaths may increase, especially among the unvaccinated and those with incomplete vaccinations. Therefore, those who have not yet completed vaccination must participate in vaccination."

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