Hyundai Motor Group’s Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo will donate 10 billion won (US$8.6 million) to a vaccine development center run by a local university to help fight the new coronavirus pandemic, the company said Tuesday.
The vaccine development institute has been developing vaccines to prevent infectious diseases and treat them.
The country added 1,372 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,333 local infections, raising the total caseload to 251,421 as of Tuesday.