On Thursday, a record more than 6,00,000 new cases of corona virus were registered in the East Asian country of South Korea. So far, so many cases of corona have not been reported in any country in the world in a single day. Interestingly, despite the record number of new cases, South Korea corona virus It is one of the countries with the lowest death rate. In general, as the rate of infection increases, its death rate also increases, but this has not been seen in South Korea.
Earlier on Wednesday, 4,00,741 new cases of corona were reported in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of infected to 7,629,275. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), 44,914,731 people, or 87.5 percent of the total population, have been vaccinated in the country and the number of fully vaccinated people has increased to 44,443,726.
Countries with highest booster doses
The vaccination rate in South Korea is 88 percent. The total number of booster doses received is 32,185,393. It is also among the countries with the highest number of booster doses in the world. A large number of booster shots have been given here, especially for the elderly. Due to excessive vaccination, the mortality rate here has come down to 0.14 percent, which was 0.88 percent two months ago. The current death rate is one tenth of the US and UK rates, although infection cases have increased 80-fold in the same time frame.
There was never a lockdown in the country
South Korea has worked on a largely unconventional strategy to deal with Corona. The country used early testing and high technology contact tracing. Since the beginning of 2020, more than 8 million cases have been registered here, but Korea never announced a lockdown. It managed to overcome the slow start of vaccination by looking beyond those first shots to prioritize the supply of booster doses. Also, emphasis was laid on the supply of booster shots, which were used by targeting the elderly.
focus on testing
Korea has paid a lot of attention to testing. However, it has cost him dearly. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said the country has spent nearly $1.3 billion on PCR testing so far and now has the capacity to conduct one million PCR tests a day.
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South Korea’s health officials say they are better prepared to deal with the outbreak and influx of the coronavirus pandemic, partly because of lessons learned when dealing with an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in 2015.
vaccination of the elderly
Korea stepped up its vaccine rollout after initially lagging, with a special focus on vaccinating the elderly and high-risk individuals. About 86 percent of the population was fully vaccinated, and more than 90 percent of people aged 60 years and older were vaccinated when Omicron began to spread. According to the report, at present most of the deaths have occurred in the small group of elderly who have not been vaccinated.
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