S. Korea can achieve faster herd immunity over Covid-19, says PM; cases go below on Tuesday (Jan 18)

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during an on-line New Year press conference with local and foreign journalists at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. - AP

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Xinhua): South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the country will be able to achieve faster herd immunity against Covid-19 than other countries under the planned vaccination programme.

Moon told a New Year's press conference that the preliminary vaccinations, scheduled to begin in February, are planned to be completed by September and expected to generally form a herd immunity.