Are you aware of COVID-19? COVID-19 is a respiratory infection caused by a new type of corona virus (SARS-CoV-2), which first occurred in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Infection of COVID-19 is transmitted when the nasal end of an infected person penetrates into the respiratory tract or mucous membrane of the eyes, nose, and mouth. This serious disease, COVID-19, makes a lot of infections. So, COVID-19 becomes a pandemic, one of the most serious diseases in the world. Research teams of vaccines for COVID-19 work very hard to make vaccines for COVID-19.

COVID-19 has made a lot of infected people. In South Korea, 50,000 people are infected by COVID-19. Also, 700 people died. Ecumenically, 75 billion people are infected by COVID-19, and 1.7 million people died. The number of infected people and dead people because of COVID-19 is still increasing.

Precaution of COVID-19 is very important. If you want to prevent yourself from COVID-19, you must often wash your hands, wear a mask when you go outside, refrain from visiting crowded places, and not touching eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands. Also, you must report any suspected COVID-19 infection to a health center or call 1339 immediately.

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The only way to stop COVID-19 is through a vaccine. Research teams of vaccines for COVID-19 work hard to make a vaccine of COVID-19, but they do not have enough number of the vaccine. In Yonhap News and Korean Herald, South Korea bio company, GL Rapha, will produce over 150 million annual doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine for global distribution from Russia's sovereign wealth fund. The Russian Direct Investment Fund(RDIF) said GL Rapha will begin manufacturing Sputnik V in South Korea next month, which it described as "the world's first registered vaccine" based on a "human adenoviral vector-based platform." In South Korea, 85 percent of the people have secured 44 million doses of the vaccine of COVID-19, 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Fizer, Jansen, and Moderna vaccine are under contract. The world must end for COVID-19 using a vaccine as soon as possible.

▲ Vaccine for COVID-19