FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Moon Jae-in inspects a LDS (low dead space) syringes plant in Gunsan, South Korea, February 18, 2021. Yonhap via REUTERS /File Photo
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea launched its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on Friday, with shots to be administered in some 200 nursing homes, in an effort that officials call the first step in returning the country to more normal life.
The first doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine began to be given at 9 a.m.(0000 GMT) to nursing home workers and some patients at facilities across the country of about 52 million.
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