<span style="color: #222222;">South Korea began a mass immunization drive today by giving coronavirus shots from AstraZeneca to staff and residents at nursing homes.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Authorities plan to inoculate 70% of the population of 52 million by November.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun Chung said, authorities would also extend social distancing rules by two weeks nationwide, including a ban on private gatherings of five or more people. He urged all citizens to take the free jabs.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">More than 5,000 caregivers and patients in care facilities were set for the first vaccinations.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Inoculations with another vaccine, developed by BioNTech-Pfizer, are expected to begin tomorrow.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">South Korea has so far recorded more than 88,900 coronavirus infections and more than 1,500 deaths.</span><br />''