South Korea s waiting game with the COVID-19 vaccine
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SEOUL South Korea has widely been praised for its relatively successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to its rigorous contact tracing, mass testing capacity, and high degree of compliance in wearing masks. The nation of 51.80 million has had 67,358 cases and 1,081 deaths as of Jan. 8. Despite experiencing three waves of spikes so far, its daily cases peaked at 1,241.
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