The first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine exceeded 60% today (7th).
According to the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Promotion Team), the cumulative number of first-time vaccinations at 10:30 am today was 38,87,725, accounting for 60.1% of the total population.
The cumulative number of primary vaccinations exceeded 10 million on June 10, followed by 20 million on August 3 and 30 million on September 5.
The promotion team predicted, "We will be able to achieve the goal of completing the first vaccination for 36 million people, 70% of the population, before the Chuseok holiday (September 19-22) without any setbacks."
There were 18,58,241 people who received all the vaccines as recommended, which is 36.0% of the population.
During the previous day, 1,64,815 people were vaccinated, the highest number of daily vaccinations since February 26, when the COVID-19 vaccine was started in Korea.
An official from the promotion group said, "Vaccinations for those aged 18 to 49 are proceeding smoothly according to advance reservations. .