The first dose of the domestic corona vaccine is expected to exceed 50% today (21st).
The COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team predicted that the number of primary vaccine recipients today will exceed 50% of the total population.
It has been about 6 months since vaccination started in Korea on February 26th.
As of 12 noon yesterday, the number of first doses has exceeded 25 million.
Considering the recent trend of more than 500,000 people getting vaccinated per day as of the recent weekdays, it is certain that about 25.67 million people, which is about 50% level, will exceed today.
The promotion team expects that the vaccination rate will rise even faster as vaccinations for the 18-49 year olds will also start next week.
The government plans to increase the speed of vaccination as much as possible to form herd immunity by completing the first vaccination for 70% of the population before the Chuseok holiday next month and completing the second vaccination by November.
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