China News Service, November 30. According to Korean media reports, on the 29th local time, the South Korean government stated that people between the ages of 18 and 49 who have completed the full course of COVID-19 vaccination will also be given a booster shot 5 months after vaccination. The validity period is 6 months.
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According to reports, the South Korean government has decided that people aged 18 to 49 who have completed the full course of new crown vaccination can also receive booster shots.
This also means that the vaccination target has expanded from the original 50 years old to over 18 years old.
According to reports, people aged 18 to 49 can receive the third shot after completing the first and second shots and 5 months later.
If there are special circumstances or need to be vaccinated according to the group vaccination plan, the interval between booster shots can be shortened to 4 months.
The report pointed out that South Korean President Moon Jae-in said that in the future, he must change his mind. That is, the third vaccination is not a booster vaccination, but one of the basic steps of the whole vaccination. The whole vaccination is completed after the third shot.
On the other hand, the government also announced that the epidemic prevention pass issued to those who have completed the basic vaccination will be valid for 6 months.
In order to maintain the validity of the pass, the holder needs to be given a booster shot within the validity period.
According to the report, the government is striving to implement the validity period of the epidemic prevention pass from December 20.
In addition, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic centered on the metropolitan area, the government is considering measures such as limiting the number of private parties.
However, considering its impact on the economy and daily life of the people, the government will listen to the opinions of all parties before making a decision.
From November 1, South Korea began to implement the "phased restoration of routine" epidemic prevention measures.
According to the results of the evaluation of the new crown epidemic in the past 4 weeks, the national risk is the highest level of "very high".
Moon Jae-in said when presiding over the special prevention and control meeting that he would postpone the transition to the second phase of the "resumption of daily life" epidemic prevention mode, and that special epidemic prevention measures will be implemented in the next four weeks.