South Korean President Moon Jae-in and First Lady Kim Jung-sook received AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, Casa Azul announced.
Moon’s vaccination is in preparation for his visit to the UK for the G7 summit in June, his office said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson invited South Korea, India and Australia to attend the summit as guests.
Another nine members of Moon’s delegation were also vaccinated on Tuesday at the same public clinic in Seoul.
The bigger picture: As of Tuesday, adults 65 and older will receive AstraZeneca vaccines across the country, Casa Azul added.
In February, the Korean Disease Prevention and Control Agency (KDCA) said that the elderly would be excluded from AstraZeneca vaccines due to concerns about effectiveness.
However, last week, the KDCA announced that the government has decided to expand the use of AstraZeneca vaccines based on UK research.
According to the KDCA, more than 680,000 people in the country have been vaccinated to date.
South Korea’s Covid Cases: On Monday, South Korea reported 331 local cases and 15 imported coronavirus cases, the KDCA press release said. The Greater Seoul area was responsible for 229 of the cases found.
Overall, the country has reported 99,421 cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. The national number of deaths from coronavirus is 1,704.