From Monday, South Korea will begin to live with the virus despite thousands of new confirmed cases every week. Despite a slow start to their rollouts, countries including Australia, Japan, South Korea and Singapore are now among the most vaccinated in the world per capita. On Sunday, South Korea reported 1,686 new infections, bringing its total to 366,386 since the pandemic began. To date, 2,858 have died in South Korea from the disease. A local district health official in protective gear disinfects shop fronts as a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, October 29.

Source: CNN November 01, 2021 04:16 UTC