SOUTH Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said today that the country has passed the peak of its worst Covid-19 wave, fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

But he called for more efforts to keep the number of critically ill patients and deaths under control, according to Yonhap news agency.

“Recently, Omicron has peaked and its spread is gradually slowing down,” Moon told a meeting with his senior aides.

However, Moon said South Korea has not turned the corner in the Omicron wave, warning that the number of severely or critically ill patients and deaths are expected to increase for the time being.

He called for the government to do everything possible to stabilise medical responses with a focus on reducing the number of severely or critically ill patients and deaths, Yonhap added.

Moon also urged people to get booster shots, saying three rounds of vaccinations have lessened the danger from Covid-19.

New daily Covid-19 cases fell below 200,000 for the first time in 25 days today, with health authorities saying that the Omicron wave reached the peak around last week.

About 64% of the nation’s population has received booster shots. The number of fully vaccinated people came to 44.47 million, representing 86.7%, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. – Bernama, March 28, 2022.