People in their 20s and 30s, who were reluctant to vaccinate for fear of side effects or aftereffects of the vaccine, began to get booster shots.
Many people in their 20s and 30s have been looking for booster shots that have been delayed, and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has started to organize the situation.
Those who had delayed booster shots suddenly began to get vaccinated seems to be related to the lifting of COVID-19 entry restrictions around the world and increasing demand for overseas travel.
This is because the need for booster shots has increased due to reasons such as necessary when entering other countries or concerns about local infections.
In particular, Japan is a representative overseas travel destination that requires booster shots.
The Japanese government allowed foreigners to enter the country without a visa on October 11th, issuing a certificate that they had been vaccinated more than three times or submitting a PCR negative confirmation that was tested within 72 hours.
As more and more people travel to Japan, more and more people want to get a booster shot.
There are also people who voluntarily seek booster shots because they are worried that they will be infected with COVID-19 at travel destinations
The tertiary vaccination rate of 2030 has not been on the rise in the past few months, but thousands of people have been vaccinated every day since December. The tertiary inoculation rate increased from 59.3% (20s) and 58.5% (30s) on June 2 to 60.2% (20s) and 59.3% (30s) on September 29. In terms of the number of vaccinations, the number of tertiary vaccinations increased by 54,000 in their 20s and 48,000 in their 30s over four months.
From the 7th to the 14th of last month, when reservations for additional vaccinations (divalent vaccines) for winter aged 18 and older began, 135,000 people, or 2.1% of those in their 20s, were vaccinated. More than 118,000 people in their 30s were vaccinated.
Writer: Grace Jun
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