South Korea aims for a post-Covid comeback with travel bubbles and herd immunity
2021-06-29 09:37:57 source：CNBC
June 28, 2021
South Korea is looking to open up its economy and work on travel bubble programs given its relative success in controlling the spread of Covid-19, its deputy prime minister told CNBC in an exclusive interview.
The government plans to boost consumption and further stimulate the economy in the second half of this year — and policies will be in place to achieve that goal, said Hong Nam-ki, who is also South Korea’s minister of economy and finance.
“I would say that the current government has been relatively successful in both the infection control and vaccination,” he told CNBC’s Chery Kang on Friday, according to a CNBC translation of his Korean remarks. “Based on the achievements, the current government now intends to promote economic growth while maintaining such health measures.”
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