Women wearing masks to prevent contracting the coronavirus disease walk under a Christmas illumination at a shopping district in central Seoul, South Korea, December 1, 2021.
From February, anyone aged 12 years or older will have to show a vaccination pass. The government decided to lower the exemption age, currently set at 17 years, to encourage teenagers to get vaccinated as the under-18 age group accounts for 20% of all infections, Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol told a briefing.
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