The government confirmed the failure of herd immunity and revealed the reason for the “delta mutation in the middle of this year”, and the president actually started with Corona in November, saying, “I will advance herd immunity” in August.
On August 9, President Moon Jae-in said, "We can promote a new prevention strategy that eases high-intensity quarantine measures," and said, "I will further speed up the development of domestic vaccines."
At a briefing on the 28th, Sohn Young-rae, head of the social strategy division of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, "The end of Corona 19 through herd immunity has become impossible worldwide due to the appearance of the delta mutation in the middle of this year." "From the end of last year to the first half of last year, through herd immunity, 19 Theories have emerged that can completely end itself, but the spread of the delta mutation is so fast and the preventive effect of the vaccine is lower than expected, so it is not possible.”
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on June 22 that "re-spreading due to delta mutation has started." "Please refrain from overseas travel and wear a mask indoors. The government is responding to the recent situation as a new spread of infection."
President Moon's announcement of herd immunity was announced at a New Year's press conference on January 18, saying, "If the second vaccination and those who missed the vaccination complete the vaccination in the fourth quarter, the herd immunity will be formed almost completely by November at the latest." .
President Moon then announced at a ceremony on March 1 that "the long fight against the corona virus is now coming to an end" and that "we will achieve collective immunity by November, when the next winter begins."
From November 1st, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) Director Jeong Eun-kyung started easing the 3rd stage of social distancing by implementing Weed Corona quarantine.
On August 27th, Rep. Ha Tae-kyung of People's Strength announced, "The president directly instructed the entire army to test the mutant virus immunity and death probability for military service members at the Blue House meeting on the 4th."
At the Global Vaccine Hub Promotion Committee on August 5, President Moon announced that he would invest 2.2 trillion won in vaccine development over five years, saying, “The most effective means of defense in the fight against the invisible coronavirus is vaccines. The developed coronavirus vaccine is scheduled to enter phase 3 clinical trials, and the commercialization of the first domestic vaccine is expected by the first half of next year.”
President Moon said, "We will work closely to ensure that the global vaccine partnership agreed on at the Korea-US summit leads to practical results, and we will expand vaccine partnerships with other countries, including Germany and the UK."