KOREA ENTERS PACT WITH ASTRAZENECA TO PROCURE COVID-19 VACCINE

• The government has signed a pact with AstraZeneca to procure 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.
•  It says that SK Bioscience would carry the onus of manufacture of the vaccine, known as AZD1222, for domestic distribution.

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CHUSEOK NATIONWIDE CELEBRATIONS RESCINDS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION FEARS

• Various traditional folk events and festivals annually hosted by local governments on the eve of Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, are hardly noticeable this year, as they are now strictly against small and large gatherings due to fears of coronavirus transmission.