Prognosis
Boosters Brought Forward as Korea Struggles With Record Covid Surge
- Country has been steadily reducing second and third dose gap
- Other highly vaccinated countries quelled waves with boosters
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South Korea brought forward the timing for Covid-19 booster shots to just three months after the second dose, as one of Asia’s most-vaccinated countries grapples with its worst ever virus surge.
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday that the booster gap is being shortened on “expert advice” and the move is warranted to “reverse the crisis that our community is facing.”