Seoul: South Korea said on Saturday that they had achieved its purpose to vaccinate 70% of 52 million people, paving the way for return planned to normal next month.
The target, set a month before the country started the inoculation campaign at the end of February, achieved with 2 pm.
(0500 GMT), with around 36 million vaccinated, said the Control Body and Prevention of Korea (KDCA).
The goal was previously meeting skeptics because the government wrestled with a shortage of global vaccine Covid-19 and delay delivery.
But apart from the rough start, South Korea quickly improved drive vaccination, thank you especially to expand relatively high inventory and public acceptance, beyond the United States and other early starters.
Health Minister Kwon Deok-Cheol said last week that the government would begin gradually to normal activities starting November 1, put forward shifts scheduled to be scheduled in mid-November.
“It is impossible to end the pandemic by achieving a flock immunity because the distribution of Delta variants is very transmitting,” KDCA said in a statement.
“But it meets the purpose of vaccination has a significant meaning in reducing severe cases and deaths, and as important prerequisites for transition to gradual recovery from our daily lives.” South Korea mostly succeeded in dealing with pandemics without imposing locking seen in many other parts of the world, behind intensive testing and search.
But it has struggled to suppress the fourth wave of Covid-19 since last summer, with the top 3,000 new daily cases for the first time last month, even though they brought fewer critical cases and deaths.
KDCA reported 1,508 new cases for Friday.