SEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters): South Korea said on Monday it would begin inoculations next month for children aged 12 to 17 and offer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to those 75 years and above as the country starts to transition to normalcy by the end of October.
South Korea, which has been battling a fourth wave of infections since early July, scrambled over the weekend to contain a surge in cases. Infections topped 3,000 for the first time fuelled by last week's public holidays.
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