Some 62-thousand people were vaccinated for COVID-19 on Thursday with 'no-show' doses from two priority groups.

Vaccination for those aged 65 to 74 and patients with chronic respiratory illnesses began on the same day.

According to the nation's vaccine authorities on Friday, 58-thousand were registered with medical facilities offering the vaccines.

More than four-thousand were able to make reservations through Naver and KakaoTalk messenger using a new leftover vaccine service that launched on Thursday for a two-week trial run.