South Korea begins vaccinating the elderly from 60 to 64 years against Corona tomorrow

The Korean Broadcasting Corporation (KBS) announced that the Korean government will start vaccinating citizens from the age of 60 to 64 years, and soldiers under the age of thirty, against the emerging corona virus, tomorrow, Monday. This is part of the country's virus vaccination programme.

And she added - according to the government task force on vaccination against the "Corona" virus in South Korea today, Sunday, that the elderly in the age group from 60 to 64 years will receive the first dose of the (AstraZeneca) vaccine against the "Corona" virus, starting tomorrow.

And the Korean radio indicated that more than 78% of about 3.95 million people in this age group have registered for the vaccine, adding that the vaccination of about 414,000 soldiers under the age of thirty will begin tomorrow in military medical institutions using the (Pfizer) vaccine against "Corona" ".

And the Korean Agency for Disease Control and Prevention announced - earlier this month - that given the current pace of vaccination, the country will be able by the end of June to give the first doses to more than 13 million people, or about 25% of the total population of 52 one million population.

South Korea plans to vaccinate 36 million people by next September, in a bid to achieve herd immunity by November.

It is worth noting that South Korea has so far recorded 144,152 confirmed cases of the Corona virus, in addition to 1973 deaths from infection with the virus, and the outcome of those who received their first dose of vaccination since the country started the vaccination program on February 26 reached 7.6 million people. This represents 14.8 percent of the country's population.