Posted : 2021-04-01 16:37
Updated : 2021-04-02 09:44
An elderly citizen receives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Dongjak District, Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap
By Jun Ji-hye
Korea is lagging behind some other countries in COVID-19 vaccinations apparently due to its failure to preemptively secure vaccines, in addition to the comparatively low competitiveness of domestic pharmaceutical companies in new medicine development.
According to the latest data collated by the University of Oxford-based Our World in Data, the government has administered vaccines to 1.66 percent of the Korean population as of March 30, a little over a month after the country s vaccination program began Feb. 26.
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