The novel coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is spreading at a concerning rate in South Korea. Although the social distancing level was raised to 2.5 two weeks after the government ordered the social distancing level 2 on Nov. 24, the third wave of pandemic seems to keep rising. The authority is even considering on raising the level up to 3, as the daily count of positive cases exceeded 1,000.

Regardless, the hope for the end of COVID-19 is growing. A COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has earned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization on Dec. 11 local time. The authorization was made a day after the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Co