Related Post
South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency said today, Monday, that it recorded the first cases of the new Corona virus strain to which the rapid increase in cases in Britain was attributed..
The agency said that it detected the most contagious strain, including the other current virus strains, in three individuals who arrived in South Korea from London on December 22..
As a result, the officials pledged to accelerate efforts to launch a general vaccination program against the Corona virus. The government is facing increasing internal pressure regarding plans to buy and offer vaccines, especially as it has set the first quarter of next year as the date for the start of the vaccination campaign, months after countries such as the United States and countries from the European Union began that preventive measure.
On Sunday, the government announced that regulatory bodies would reduce the time required to approve vaccines and drugs from an average of 180 days to just 40. She said that the time required to approve the distribution and sale of vaccines will be reduced to about 20 days, from several months normally.
Presidential Officer Noh Yong-min said yesterday that the authorities will start in February vaccinating medical workers and the elderly, with the rest of the citizens to follow..
“The government is doing its best to advance that date and it is making progress,” he added“South Korea plans to buy enough doses of vaccines to vaccinate 46 million, or more than 85 percent of its citizens..
Meanwhile, the Korean centers recorded 808 new cases of Corona as of midnight Sunday, the lowest number since Friday’s record of 1241. The authorities warned that the drop may be due to the lack of tests over the weekend and Christmas holidays, and they said Sunday that it is Social distancing measures will be extended until early January, and South Korea has recorded a total of 57,680 infections and 819 deaths due to the virus..
