A woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks past benches taped for social distancing in an underground shopping mall in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 28, 2021. - AP
SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea said on Thursday (Jan 28) it would begin Covid-19 vaccinations for the general public in the third quarter of this year, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) director Jeong Eun-kyeong told a news briefing.
Inoculations would begin in February starting with key groups, including medical workers and the elderly in nursing homes, Jeong said.
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