S. Korea to secure Covid-19 vaccine for 60% population; 106 cases reported


A woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus exercises at Chungwoon Sporex in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday (Sept 15, 20200. South Korea's daily tally of coronavirus infections has stayed in the low 100s for a third consecutive day, maintaining a downward trajectory. - AP

SEOUL, Sept 15 (Bernama): South Korea aims to secure enough Covid-19 (coronavirus) vaccines to administer to 30 million people, or roughly 60 per cent of the country's population, the health ministry said Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Under the vaccine plan discussed at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, the country will seek to get vaccines for 10 million people from the COVAX Facility, set up by the World Health Organisation and global vaccine alliance Gavi, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Tuesday (Sept 15).

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