New Coronavirus Strain Reaches S. Korea

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced that it recorded the first cases of a new coronavirus variant that was recently identified in the UK.

The agency said that it detected the most contagious strain in three inpiduals who arrived in South Korea coming from London on December 22.

The officials pledged to accelerate the launch of a general vaccination program against the Corona virus.

The South Korean government is facing increasing internal pressure regarding plans to purchase and offer vaccines, especially as it has set the first quarter of next year as the date for the start of the vaccination campaign, months after countries such as the United States and countries from the European Union began to implement this preventive measure.