South Korea to start vaccinations in Feb., eyes July for general public

South Korea is preparing to start vaccinating its people against the coronavirus in February, with plans to start inoculating the general public in July so they can reach herd immunity in November.Free vaccinations are expected to be made available first to front-line medical workers in late February, via British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc's vaccine, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Thursday.Agency director Jeong Eun Kyeong told a press conference that the government aims to lower virus-related fatality rates in the first half of this year by mainly vaccinating elderly pe…READ FULL ARTICLE