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Covid spike in South Korea - gadje - 03-12-2022
SK kept the pandemic under control until recently. They were late with the vaccine, but once they started they moved very quickly. However, despite strict margins protocols and high vaccination rates, they are experiencing a lot of cases now. And many deaths.
Vaccination
South Korea has administered at least 119,880,258 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 115.9% of the country’s population.
https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countries-and-territories/south-korea/
Re: Covid spike in South Korea - PeterB - 03-12-2022
It's not just S. Korea, it's other parts of Asia, including Vietnam, China, Hong Kong. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/how-omicron-is-driving-massive-surge-in-asian-countries/articleshow/90171134.cms
Why they're having this problem ... good question. The article I linked to suggests that it's Omicron combined with a lack of awareness of the pandemic still being an issue and complacency... sound familiar?
Re: Covid spike in South Korea - testcase - 03-12-2022
Coming soon to a U.S. location near you........
Re: Covid spike in South Korea - hal - 03-12-2022
on a side track, I clicked on a google news link about out of control spread in Hong Kong. It linked to India's Voice of America equivalent and in the 3 minute report, the phrase 'Wuhan Virus' was used at least 10 times. I did not hear the word 'covid'.
Re: Covid spike in South Korea - Acer - 03-12-2022
Fox News editors sequestered in the war room to plan how to pin this on Fauci and Biden.
Re: Covid spike in South Korea - Filliam H. Muffman - 03-12-2022
China just had their first significant spike in cases since they started the pandemic.
Re: Covid spike in South Korea - mrbigstuff - 03-13-2022
So, 10,000 deaths in a population of 51,000,000? Either they are counting deaths differently or they've been doing really well and have avoided the virus for the most part.