New data finds that COVID-19 vaccines had more than 90 percent efficacy among people in their late teens and early 20s. 

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency unveiled on Tuesday results of an analysis conducted between August 1 and 29 on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines among people aged between 16 and 24. 

The agency found that the efficacy rate reached 98-point-four percent among teens aged between 16 and 18 while standing at 92-point-four percent among young adults aged between 19 and 24. 

The agency said though not many in that age bracket have received their full doses, the latest analysis results are significant in that they prove that vaccines are highly effective in that younger group.