South Korean President Moon Jae-in and First Lady Kim Jung-sook received AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, the Blue House announced.
Moon’s vaccination is gearing up for his visit to the UK for the G7 summit in June, his office said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited South Korea, India and Australia to attend the summit as guests.
Nine other members of Moon’s delegation were also vaccinated Tuesday at the same public clinic in Seoul.
The largest image: Starting Tuesday, adults over the age of 65 will receive AstraZeneca vaccines nationwide, the Blue House added.
In February, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the elderly would be excluded from AstraZeneca vaccines amid efficacy problems.
However, last week the KDCA announced that the government had decided to expand the use of AstraZeneca vaccines based on UK research.
According to the KDCA, more than 680,000 people in the country have been vaccinated so far.
South Korean Covid Cases: On Monday, South Korea reported 331 local cases and 15 imported cases of coronavirus, according to the KDCA press release. The Greater Seoul area accounted for 229 of the cases found.
Overall, the country has recorded 99,421 cases of Covid-19 since the pandemic began. The number of national coronavirus deaths is 1,704.