[Crisis Update] South Korea considers more vaccine buys as COVID-19 cases spike

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    1. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 438 new coronavirus cases as of midnight on Sunday (Nov 29), bringing the country’s total to 34,201 cases and 526 deaths.
    2. South Korea’s ruling party has called for the country to purchase millions of additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine after an increase in the number of infections raised concerns about the government’s existing plans.
    3. South Korea is already planning to secure enough doses to vaccinate 30 million people, or about 60% of the population, but Democratic Party lawmakers said they would appropriate funds to buy doses for at least 44 million people.
    4. Lee Nak-yon of the ruling Democratic Party said the party plans to allocate an additional 1.3 trillion won (US$1.2 billion) to next year’s budget.
    5. South Korea is battling one of its largest waves of coronavirus infections yet, fuelled by small outbreaks in the densely populated capital city of Seoul and surrounding areas.

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