Original title: South Korea may start the epidemic prevention mode of "coexistence with Xinguan" from November 9
South Korean government officials announced on October 7 local time that the country may resume daily life in stages from November 9 and start the epidemic prevention mode of "coexistence with Xinguan". This is the expected implementation date of the South Korean government's first release of the "coexistence with the new crown" plan.
According to the East Asia Daily reported on October 7, Zheng Yinjing, director of the South Korean Department of disease management, replied on the periodic daily recovery time proposed by Jiang Jirun, a member of the national strength, during the national political supervision of the national health and Welfare Committee held that day, "it can start (recover) around November 9." Zheng Yinjing said that as of October 25, 70% of South Korea's citizens will complete the vaccination of the new crown vaccine. Considering that it will take about 2 weeks to form a sufficient immune barrier after complete vaccination, Zheng Yinjing predicted that South Korea will start the epidemic prevention mode of "coexistence with Xinguan" on November 9.
It is reported that as of October 7, about 28.5 million people in South Korea have completed the new crown vaccination. Another 7.5 million people need a second vaccination to achieve a 70% vaccination completion rate.