S.Korean companies offer employees COVID-19 vaccines at work

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29/06/2021 03:13

SEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - South Korea's large manufacturing
employers have received permission from the country's health
authorities to administer COVID-19 vaccines at in-house clinics,
hoping to speed up inoculation of their employees.
    The inoculation plans come amid the South Korean
government's push to ramp up vaccinations after a slow start.
South Korea has inoculated 15.3 million people, or about 30% of
its population, with at least one dose since it began
administering vaccines in February.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2NQ0NH
    Affiliates of the country's biggest conglomerate Samsung
Group, including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd  005930.KS , Samsung
Display and Samsung SDI Co Ltd  005930.KS , plan to offer
vaccine doses to employees at work next month, the companies
said on Tuesday.
    Samsung affiliates plan to offer Moderna Inc  MRNA.O 
COVID-19 vaccines for its office and production workers, as well
as workers from suppliers in South Korea who sign up for doses. 
    Other large companies registered to provide doses include
chipmaker SK Hynix Inc  000660.KS  and panel maker LG Display Co
Ltd  034220.KS , according to the companies. Under the plans
only companies' own staff and stationed workers from suppliers
are eligible for the vaccinations. 
    South Korea reported 595 new infections in the 24 hours up
to midnight on Monday, bringing its tally to 156,167 cases, the
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said, with a death
toll of 2,017.
    

 (Reporting by Heekyong Yang; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
 ((Heekyong.Yang@thomsonreuters.com;))