South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum has urged calm amid a massive increase in coronavirus cases as new daily infections in the country crossed 170,000 for the first time.
“Although our awareness and implementation of anti-COVID rules should not be loosened, there is no reason at all to fear or panic about the numbers of new cases as in the past,” the prime minister said at a pandemic response meeting on Wednesday.
South Korea saw a record 171,452 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday compared to 99,573 infections the day before, data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency showed.
However, serious infections and deaths remain at manageable levels despite the record spike fueled by the omicron variant.
Meanwhile, the country has greenlighted the use of BioNTech-Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11, South Korea’s Ministry for Food and Drug Safety said in a statement on Wednesday.
Children are advised to get one-third of the regular dose, twice with a three-week interval, the ministry said.
Source: COVID digest: South Korea cases hit new record, PM calls for calm | News | DW | 23.02.2022
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