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Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
- Mask mandate to be fully lifted from next month
- Jul 24,2023
- Starting from early August, the government will begin the second phase of its risk management roadmap for COVID-19. The photo shows the departure area of Terminal 1 at In...
- COVID-19 era ends with lifting of mandatory isolation rule
- Jun 01,2023
- Students on the morning of June 1 at Chipyung Elementary School in Gwangju's Seo-gu District leave for a field trip on the same day that the government lowered the COVID-...
- President Yoon declares end to COVID-19, return to daily life
- May 11,2023
- President Yoon Suk Yeol on May 11 speaks at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at the Office of the President in Seoul's Yongsan-gu...
- 🎧 Gov't this year to keep COVID-19 vaccinations free for public
- Mar 22,2023
- A senior citizen in November last year at a Seoul hospital receives information on getting a COVID-19 vaccination for winter. (Yonhap) By Cao Thi Ha Gov't thi...
- 🎧 Mask rule for public transit, pharmacies to be eased from March 20
- Mar 15,2023
- The national rule requiring mask wearing on modes of public transportation including buses and subways and at pharmacies in large open facilities like hypermarkets or tra...
- 🎧 Daily number of COVID-19 infections declines for 10 straight weeks
- Mar 08,2023
- The government on March 8 said the daily number of COVID-19 infections nationwide declined for the 10th straight week. Shown is a quiet screening space at Gwanak-gu Commu...
- 🎧 PCR test for passengers arriving from China to be lifted on March 1
- Feb 22,2023
- From March 1, the mandatory PCR test on arrival for incoming travelers from China will be lifted. Shown is a group of passengers waiting for the boarding process to depar...
- 🎧 Short-term visa ban on travelers from China to end on Feb. 11
- Feb 10,2023
- The ban on short-term visas for travelers from China to Korea will be lifted on Feb. 11. (Yonhap News) Short-term visa ban on travelers from China to end on Feb. 11 ...
- 🎧 End of indoor mask rule takes effect nationwide on Jan. 30
- Jan 30,2023
- The national indoor mask mandate on Jan. 30 was lifted nationwide 27 months after its adoption. Shown is a gym in Yullyang-dong neighborhood of Cheongwon-gu District in C...
- 🎧 Indoor mask-wearing rule to be eased from Jan. 30
- Jan 20,2023
- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Jan. 20 chairs a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at Government Complex-Seoul in the capital. (Offic...